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5 Mark Frankfurter Maschinenbau AG
| Issuer | Frankfurter Maschinenbau-Aktiengesellschaft vormals Pokorny & Wittekind |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 5 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Horizontally formatted Notgeld voucher printed in black on a pale green guilloche underprint, divided into three vertical panels by ruled borders. The two outer panels each carry the denomination in large bold type reading "Gut für / 5.- / Mark, / in Worten / Fünf / Mark", while the central panel bears the voucher title "Gutschein No." with a red hand-stamped serial number at upper centre, followed by the redemption pledge text, the place and date "Frankfurt a. M., 1. November 1918", the issuer's name "Frankfurter Maschinenbau-Akt.-Ges. vorm. Pokorny & Wittekind", and a manuscript signature below. The entire note is enclosed within an ornate chain-link border typical of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein No. Gut für 5.- Mark, in Worten Fünf Mark für dessen Wiedereinlösung nach Maßgabe der in den Verkehr kommenden gesetzlichen Zahlungsmitteln wir bürgen. Frankfurt a. M., 1. November 1918. Frankfurter Maschinenbau-Akt.-Ges. vormals Pokorny & Wittekind |
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Frankfurter Maschinenbau-Aktiengesellschaft vormals Pokorny & Wittekind was an industrial machinery manufacturer based in Frankfurt am Main, and this 5 Mark note belongs to the vast category of German Notgeld — emergency scrip issued by private firms, municipalities, and institutions during the acute coin shortage of the First World War. By 1918, the German Reichsbank had effectively lost control of small-denomination circulation, forcing thousands of employers to pay workers in self-issued paper.
Factory-issued Notgeld of this type was redeemable only at the issuing company, which kept redemption risk firmly local.