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200 000 Mark
| Issuer | Rat und Stadtverordnete der Stadt Chemnitz |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on a pale yellow underprint with a fine geometric guilloche pattern. A central ornate cartouche carries the denomination "Zweihunderttausend Mark" in bold blackletter script, flanked by two allegorical figures in letterpress: at left, a male industrial worker leaning on a large wheel, and at right, a winged figure of Mercury holding a caduceus, both set against decorative foliate borders. The denomination numerals "200.000" appear at upper left and right, a circular vignette of the Chemnitz civic arms is at top centre, three manuscript signatures appear below the issuing authority text, and the red serial number with series designation "Reihe A 7" is printed at the foot of the cartouche. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZWEIHUNDERTAUSEND MARK Richard Müller, Chemnitz. |
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Chemnitz was one of the major industrial centers of Saxony, and its municipal authority — like hundreds of German cities in 1923 — was forced to issue its own emergency currency as the Reichsmark collapsed under hyperinflation. The 200,000 Mark denomination, which would have seemed extraordinary even a year earlier, was routine by mid-1923; within months it was effectively worthless before the ink was dry.
Richard Müller was a local Chemnitz printer, not a specialist security press. The municipal Notgeld from this city used several printers across different issues, making this a locally produced note in the fullest sense.