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20 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Cities of Eschweiler and Stolberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 20 000 000 Mark (20 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Rose-pink underprint with a large vignette on the left half showing two industrial workers in motion, one wielding tongs holding a glowing ingot against an anvil, rendered in a bold lithographic style evoking Weimar-era labour imagery. The serial number and series designation appear at upper left, while the denomination 'Gutschein über 20 Millionen Mark' is set in ornate Gothic script occupying the right half of the note. The issue date 'Eschweiler u. Stolberg, d. 20. Sept. 1923' and the title 'Die Bürgermeister' appear above two manuscript signatures, each accompanied by a circular municipal seal. |
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| Obverse lettering | Reihe A Gutschein über 20 Millionen Mark Eschweiler u. Stolberg, d. 20. Sept. 1923 Die Bürgermeister Dieser Gutschein wird von den städtischen Kassen in Eschweiler u. Stolberg sowie von den Banken des Eschweiler-Stolb. Industrieg. in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit vier Wochen nach Aufruf durch die öffentlichen Blätter. |
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Eschweiler and Stolberg were neighboring industrial towns in the Rhineland, both heavily tied to coal mining and non-ferrous metallurgy. During the hyperinflation crisis of 1923, municipal and corporate bodies across Germany issued their own emergency currency — Notgeld — to compensate for the chronic shortage of officially printed money at usable denominations. A joint issue between two municipalities was not unheard of but remained uncommon; it reflects the practical administrative overlap between towns that shared both employers and workers.
By the time 20-million-mark denominations were necessary, the Reichsbank's printing infrastructure had simply lost the race against its own monetary collapse.