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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Pirna |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Johannes Pässler, Dresden-N, Germany |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed entirely in blue on pale paper and is divided into two vertical panels. The larger left panel bears a rectangular letterpress text field enclosed by a decorative border with floral corner ornaments, carrying the issuing authority's name at the top, the denomination "FÜNF MILLIONEN" in large bold Gothic type at centre, and a redemption clause dated Pirna, 1. September 1923, followed by two facsimile signatures with their titles below. The narrower right panel functions as a coupon stub and carries a circular official seal of the Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Pirna bearing the Saxon arms, the series designation "REIHE A", and the serial number printed in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein des Bezirksverbandes der Amtshauptmannschaft Pirna FÜNF MILLIONEN Mark zahlt der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Pirna gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines. – Die Gültigkeit erlischt mit Ablauf der Frist, die bei Einziehung der Scheine für deren Einlösung öffentlich bekanntgemacht wird. – Birna, den 1. September 1923. Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Pirna I.V. Regierungsrat Kasseninspektor Zugelassen vom Reichsfinanzministerium 5 Millionen Mark. BEZIRKSVERBAND DER AMTSHAUPTMANNSCHAFT PIRNA REIHE A Johannes Pässler, Dresden-N. |
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Pirna's Amtshauptmannschaft — a Saxon administrative district rather than a city or bank — issued this note during the hyperinflationary peak of 1923, when municipal and regional bodies across Germany were authorized to produce emergency currency (Notgeld) simply because the Reichsbank could not print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. Five million marks sounds extraordinary; by late 1923 it would barely cover a newspaper.
Johannes Pässler was a Dresden commercial printer, not a security press. District-level Notgeld of this denomination was often printed on whatever stock was available, and the paper quality varies considerably across surviving examples from this issuer.