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2 Mark F. Thörl's Vereinigte Harburger Oelfabriken
| Issuer | F. Thörl's Vereinigte Harburger Oelfabriken Aktiengesellschaft |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Issued on cream paper in orange-red and black, the note carries a dense geometric guilloche underprint of interlocking diamond lattice and stylised floral rosettes across the entire field. Corner reserves in plain white display the denomination numeral '2', while the centre presents the title 'Gutschein' in bold black Fraktur above the value line 'Mk. 2.- (Zwei Mark)', the place and date 'Harburg, 11. November 1918', and the two-line issuer name 'F. Thörl's Vereinigte Harburger Oelfabriken Aktiengesellschaft' accompanied by a manuscript signature. The outer frame is composed of a chain of oval cartouches printed in black. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain cream paper within a simple single-line rectangular black border, enclosing a five-line redemption text in black Fraktur script stating that the voucher is redeemable at the local branch of the Hannoversche Bank from 2 January 1919, with a final presentation deadline of 1 February 1919. A large violet cancellation stamp reading 'Ungültig' (invalid) is applied across the upper right portion of the field, confirming the note was duly presented for redemption and cancelled. |
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F. Thörl's Vereinigte Harburger Oelfabriken was one of Germany's major vegetable oil processing companies, operating out of Harburg-on-the-Elbe. This note is corporate Notgeld — emergency scrip issued by a private industrial firm during the acute coin shortage of 1918, when the imperial government had effectively stripped small-denomination metal from circulation for the war effort. Companies paying daily wages needed something their workers could actually spend.
Printed locally by F. C. Bertram, the note would have circulated almost entirely within the Harburg industrial district, accepted by local merchants on the strength of the issuing firm's commercial reputation rather than any governmental guarantee.