5 Mark H. Heye Glasfabrik Schauenstein

H. Heye's glassworks at Schauenstein was one of several industrial facilities in the Obernkirchen area that turned to privately printed notgeld during the 1922 inflationary spiral, when small-denomination Reichsmark coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. Factory-issued scrip of this kind was a practical payroll and canteen solution — circulated among workers, redeemable internally, and never intended to outlast the immediate shortage. The printer, Wilh. Karl Ilsemann, was a local Obernkirchen firm, making this an entirely self-contained local production.