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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld printed entirely in red on cream paper, with a scalloped guilloche border enclosing four rosette corner ornaments. The denomination '5000000 M.' and the word 'Gutschein' appear in the upper register alongside a black typeset serial number, with the value spelled out in large Gothic blackletter script — 'Fünf Millionen Mark' — across the centre. The issuing authority, place, and date 'Stollberg i. E., 1. September 1923' are set in letterpress text below, with two manuscript signatures over printed role designations 'Amtshauptmann' and 'Bezirkskassierer', and the printer's imprint at the lower left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000000 M. Gutschein No Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. zahlt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines Fünf Millionen Mark Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgtem Aufruf in den Blättern des Stollberger Bezirkes. Stollberg i. E., 1. September 1923. Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. Amtshauptmann. Bezirkskassierer. RATS-DRUCKEREI GLAUCHAU |
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Stollberg's Amtshauptmannschaft — a mid-level Saxon administrative district rather than a municipal government — issued this 5-million-mark note in 1923 at the absolute peak of Weimar hyperinflation, when the Reichsbank could not produce currency fast enough to keep pace with price collapse. Districts, municipalities, and private firms across Germany were legally authorized to issue Notgeld to fill the vacuum, and the Bezirksverband stepped in accordingly.
Printed by the Rats-Druckerei in nearby Glauchau, this is a purely functional emergency instrument — regional, unambitious, and disposable by design. By the time it reached circulation, its purchasing power was already eroding by the hour.