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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Meerane (City of Meerane) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Meerane Fünfhunderttausend Mark Dieser Schein hat Gültigkeit in der Stadt Meerane für die Dauer von zwei Monaten Meerane, den 8. Aug. 1923 Der Stadtrat Die Stadtverordneten Bürgermeister Vorsteher Fälschungen werden mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft |
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| Reverse lettering | 500000 Fünfhunderttausend Mark |
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Meerane was a mid-sized textile town in Saxony that, like hundreds of German municipalities, was forced into printing its own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923 as the Reichsbank simply could not supply denominations fast enough to keep pace with price collapse. This 500,000 Mark note is Notgeld in the inflationary sense — Inflationsgeld — distinct from the earlier 1914–1922 small-change Notgeld issued as collectibles. By the time half-million Mark denominations were necessary for ordinary commerce, this note's purchasing power was already eroding within days of issue.
The watermarked paper is worth noting: most municipal issuers at this level used whatever stock was available, and the presence of a watermark suggests either pre-printed security paper sourced locally or a printer with existing stock. Meerane had active printing capacity tied to its textile trade infrastructure.