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50 000 000 Mark Braunkohlenwerke Borna
| Issuer | Braunkohlenwerke Borna Aktiengesellschaft |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Millionen Mark Gutschein zahlen wir in Reichspapiermark dem Überbringer dieses Gutscheines, der vier Wochen nach Aufruf seine Gültigkeit verliert. BRAUNKOHLENWERKE BORNA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT No 41884 J. J. WEBER, LEIPZIG |
| Reverse description | The reverse is an unprinted plain cream paper surface showing a full bleed offset set-off impression of the obverse design in pale pink and grey tones, a common characteristic of tightly stacked Notgeld sheets during the 1923 hyperinflation period; no independent design or text was printed on this side. |
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Braunkohlenwerke Borna AG was a lignite mining operation in Saxony, and like hundreds of German industrial firms in 1923, it was authorized to issue emergency currency — Notgeld — when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation. The 50 Million Mark face value places this note in the late summer or autumn of 1923, the period when denominations were escalating almost weekly and a note's purchasing power could halve between morning and afternoon.
J. J. Weber was a Leipzig publishing and printing house better known for illustrated journals than banknote production — exactly the kind of commercial printer that regional issuers were forced to turn to when specialist security printers were overwhelmed.