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200 000 Mark Francke Werke
| Issuer | Francke Werke K. a. A., Bremen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 200 000 Mark (200 000) |
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| Obverse description | Cheque-style Notgeld printed in orange-red on white paper, with a fine guilloche lattice border and overall underprint. The upper register carries the serial number at left and the denomination "Mk. 200000" at right, above a central letterpress panel bearing the value legend "Zweihunderttausend Mark" and the drawee instruction to J. F. Schröder Bank K. u. A., Bremen; below, the issuer "FRANCKE WERKE K. a. A." appears in bold, accompanied by a manuscript date of 15 August 1923, a circular control stamp, and three handwritten signatures of the Geschäftsinhaber, with the printer's imprint of Bremer Druckerei A. G. at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. Die Mk. 200000 J. F. Schröder Bank K. u. A. Bremen wird angewiesen, gegen diesen Schein im Wege der Bankverrechnung Zweihunderttausend Mark aus unserem Guthaben zu zahlen. Bremen, den FRANCKE WERKE K. a. A. Die Geschäftsinhaber: Bremer Druckerei A. G. |
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Francke Werke was a Bremen-based machinery and agricultural equipment manufacturer — one of thousands of German industrial firms forced to issue their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet demand. This notgeld was a payroll instrument first and a monetary substitute second, circulating primarily among the firm's own workforce and local suppliers willing to accept it.
The Bremer Druckerei A.G. handled a considerable volume of corporate notgeld for Bremen issuers that year, which kept turnaround times short but quality variable across the run.