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100 Mark
| Issuer | Bayerische Notenbank |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by two seated allegorical female figures in intaglio: at left, a figure representing Commerce or Industry with a gear wheel, and at right, a figure representing Abundance with a sheaf of wheat. The Bavarian coat of arms appears centrally at the bottom, flanked by fine guilloche underprint with the word MARK overprinted across the centre. The denomination '100' appears in large numerals at upper left and right, with the issuer title BAYERISCHE BANKNOTE across the top and HUNDERT MARK in bold letterpress below the serial number line. |
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| Obverse lettering | BAYERISCHE BANKNOTE 100 No 1448476 Zahlbar mit No 1448476 HUNDERT MARK MARK München, den 3. November 1875 Bayerische Notenbank (Translation: BAVARIAN BANKNOTE 100 No 1448476 Payable with No 1448476 ONE HUNDRED MARKS MARK Munich, 3 November 1875 Bavarian Note Bank) |
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The Bayerische Notenbank was established in 1875 as one of the privileged note-issuing banks permitted to continue operating under the newly unified German Reich — Bavaria had negotiated a specific exemption from the Reichsbank monopoly, a concession extracted during the political compromises that accompanied unification in 1871. This 100 Mark note dates from the bank's founding year, making it among the earliest issues of the institution.
Giesecke & Devrient, already well-established in Leipzig by this date, produced the bulk of Bavaria's note output throughout the Notenbank's existence. The Bayerische Notenbank retained its right of issue until 1935, when the Nazi government finally dissolved the remaining German state banks of issue.