Catalog
2000 Dollars - Big Business
| Issuer | Transogram Company, Inc. |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on plain paper stock in a single colour, with a decorative border composed of floral and scrollwork elements framing the design. The denomination '2000' is printed in large numerals at the centre, flanked by cartouches on either side, with the issuer's imprint below. The overall layout follows a conventional banknote format, executed in letterpress for use as board game play money. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, printed on unadorned plain paper stock with no design, lettering, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Transogram Company, Inc. was a New York-based toy and game manufacturer active from the 1910s through the early 1970s, best known for producing inexpensive board games and novelty items sold through dime stores and mass-market retailers. This piece is play money — printed by Transogram for use in one of their boxed games, not a fantasy or novelty banknote in the collector sense. Transogram handled their own printing in-house, which accounts for the no-frills production quality common across their game components.
The firm went bankrupt in 1973, ending a run of roughly six decades.