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100 000 Mark Bayerische Bauindustrie A.G.
| Issuer | Bayerische Bauindustrie A.-G., München |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress on cream paper, the note is framed by an intricate guilloche border of interlocking geometric and star motifs. The denomination HUNDERTTAUSEND MARK is set in large bold type at centre, above which the issuer legend appears in Fraktur script; the numeral Mk. 100000 is placed to the lower left with a serial number to the right. The date München, den 24. August 1923 is printed below the denomination, beneath which the Bavarian lozenge arms appear as a central vignette flanked by two facsimile signature panels inscribed Der Vorstand and Der Aufsichtsrat, the latter accompanied by the title Staatsminister a. D. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress on cream paper within the same guilloche border as the obverse, the reverse carries a central text panel stating that the voucher for Hunderttausend Mark is secured under the control of the Bayerischen Staatsbank and the Bayerischen Staatsministeriums des Innern. A vertical anti-counterfeiting warning in smaller Fraktur type runs along the left margin, and a note regarding public announcement of the expiry date occupies the right margin column. |
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Bayerische Bauindustrie A.G. was a construction industry firm, not a bank — its issuance of emergency currency in 1923 reflects how completely the German hyperinflation had broken down the distinction between financial institutions and ordinary commercial enterprises. At the peak of the crisis, municipalities, companies, and trade associations all printed their own Notgeld simply to meet payroll, since Reichsbank notes were losing value faster than they could be transported and distributed.
G. Franz'sche Buchdruckerei was a well-established Munich commercial printer, not a specialist in security printing. That shows.