Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Mark
| Issuer | Württembergische Notenbank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | 100 Die Württembergische Notenbank bezahlt jedem Inhaber gegen Rückgabe dieser Banknote hundert Mark Reichswährung. Stuttgart, am 1. Januar 1890. Der Vorstand: FÜR DIE CONTROLE DES AUFSICHTSRATHS (Translation: 100 The Württemberg Central Bank will pay each holder, upon return of this banknote, one hundred marks of Reich currency. Stuttgart, January 1, 1890. The Board of Directors: For use by the Supervisory Board:) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green and brown, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate central guilloche rosette from which the intertwined monogram "WNB" emerges in ornate script. Two oval allegorical female portrait vignettes in profile are set symmetrically within intricate lathe-work borders to either side, while the bank name appears in cartouches at the upper corners and the numeral "100" occupies all four corner panels against a fine green underprint. A small circular vignette at the lower centre contains the statutory limitation notice text. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Württembergische Notenbank was one of four private German note-issuing banks permitted to continue operating after the Reichsbank's founding in 1876 — a political concession to the southern states that had negotiated hard during unification. These regional banks retained their circulation rights under strict quotas set by the Reichsbank Law, and their notes remained legal tender only within their home territories, not across the Reich at large.
Giesecke & Devrient had been the dominant force in German banknote printing since the 1850s, and the Württembergische Notenbank relied on them exclusively throughout this period. The 1890 issue predates the bank's absorption into the unified German banking system by over three decades — the Württembergische Notenbank did not surrender its note-issuing privilege until 1924.