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2 Mark Bremer Vulkan
| Issuer | Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik, Vegesack |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 2 Marks |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse enclosed within a simple double-ruled border. A dotted signature line is printed at centre with the caption for the wage recipient's signature below, followed by a line for the work number. A large violet cancellation handstamp reading "Ungültig" (Invalid) is applied diagonally across the entire face. |
| Reverse lettering | ...................................................................... (Unterschrift des Lohnempfängers.) Arbeits-No. Ungültig (Translation: (Signature of the wage recipient) Work No. Invalid) |
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Bremer Vulkan, founded in 1893 on the Weser at Vegesack, issued this notgeld in 1914 as the mobilization of German men into military service created an immediate and acute shortage of small-denomination coins. Employers — particularly large industrial concerns — were among the first to issue emergency scrip to meet payroll obligations when the Reichsbank could not supply enough coin.
H. M. Hauschild was one of Bremen's established commercial printers and handled notgeld work for several local issuers during this period. The shipyard itself survived both world wars before finally closing in 1997 after a protracted insolvency, one of the more drawn-out industrial collapses in postwar German history.