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5 000 000 Mark Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig
| Issuer | Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 128 × 81 mm |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries a vignette of the Reklameburg (advertising tower) at the Leipzig Trade Fair, rendered in a detailed letterpress illustration with a crowd scene at its base and church spires visible in the background, captioned below in small type. To the right, the denomination is stated in large blackletter script as 'Fünf Millionen' above the numeral '5,000,000 Mark', printed in bold brown tones with a decorative underprint. The issuer's name, place, date of August 1923, and a red serial number with prefix letter appear in the lower right, accompanied by two manuscript facsimile signatures, with the denomination '5,000,000 MARK' repeated in the upper and lower border bands. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministeriums zur Herbstmesse 1923 herausgegeben vom MESSAMT FÜR DIE MUSTERMESSEN IN LEIPZIG "Es muss beides Keuffer und Vorkeuffer beysammen sein, und die Sache dahin erwogen werden, das beiderseits Leuthe die freyen Märkte zu besuchen nicht abgeschreckt oder abgehalten werden" anno 1581 C. G. NAUMANN G.M.B.H. LEIPZIG |
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The Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig — the trade fair authority responsible for organizing the Leipzig Sample Fair — was among the thousands of German municipal and commercial bodies that issued notgeld during the hyperinflation of 1923. By mid-1923, the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate currency forced even trade institutions to print their own emergency money. The Leipzig fair retained real commercial significance throughout the period; the autumn 1923 Mustermesse opened while the mark was losing value by the hour.
C. G. Naumann, a long-established Leipzig printer, produced several notgeld issues for local issuers during this period, keeping production close and fast. At five million marks, this note was already a modest denomination by the standards of late 1923, when values escalated into the billions within weeks.