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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz (District of Chemnitz-Land, Saxony) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz zahlt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines Fünf Millionen Mark Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgtem Aufruf in den Chemnitzer Blättern Chemnitz, den 24. August 1923. Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz. AMTSHAUPTMANN. VORS. D. BEZIRKSTAGS. 5000000 Mark RATS-DRUCKEREI GLAUCHAU. |
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| Signature(s) | Jungnickel (Amtshauptmann) and Schneider (Vors. d. Bezirkstags) |
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During the hyperinflation of 1923, German regional and municipal authorities — Bezirksverbände, Landkreise, even individual firms — were legally authorized to issue emergency currency (Notgeld) when the Reichsbank simply could not produce denominations fast enough to keep pace with price collapse. The Amtshauptmannschaft Chemnitz-Land was a rural administrative district surrounding, but distinct from, the city of Chemnitz, and its note-issuing body required two signatories: the Amtshauptmann Jungnickel, the senior state-appointed official, and Schneider as chairman of the elected Bezirkstag.
Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau was a regional commercial printer, not a security press — which was entirely normal by mid-1923, when specialist banknote printers were overwhelmed with orders from hundreds of simultaneous issuers.