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2 000 000 Mark Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse Oberweißbach |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 2 000 000 Mark (2 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff paper note printed in black with a double-rule letterpress border enclosing all text. The heading is set in ornate Kurrent script reading "Platzanweisung der SPARKASSE OBERWEISSBACH", beneath which the denomination "2000 000" appears in bold sans-serif numerals above the value legend "Zwei Million Mark" rendered in large decorative Gothic blackletter. A scrollwork vignette occupies the left margin. The issuing place and date appear in the lower central field, flanked by two manuscript signatures, with a circular official ink stamp of the Sparkasse Oberweißbach applied at centre bottom. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain buff paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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Oberweißbach is a small village in the Thuringian highlands, and its Sparkasse — a local savings institution, not a central bank — had no formal authority to issue currency under normal circumstances. The hyperinflation of 1923 changed that entirely. Municipal and savings institutions across Germany were granted emergency issuing rights as the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By August and September of that year, a two-million mark denomination was already obsolescent within days of issue.
Thuringian Notgeld from small savings banks is often overlooked in favor of the major municipal series, but Oberweißbach examples are genuinely scarce given the population the institution served.