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50 Mark Francke Werke
| Issuer | Francke Werke K.a.A., Bremen |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 139 × 86 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured note with an all-over fine guilloche rosette underprint in yellow-ochre, enclosed within a decorative scalloped border. The upper field carries the serial number at left and the denomination 'Mk. 50' at right in bold Gothic letterpress, beneath which a multi-line text instructs J. F. Schröder Bank K.a.A. Bremen to pay Fünfzig Mark against this note by bank clearing. The issuer's name 'FRANCKE WERKE K.a.A.' is set in bold capitals in the lower portion, followed by the rubric 'Die Geschäftsinhaber:' and three manuscript signatures; a date stamp and a cancellation oval stamp of Commerzbank Filiale Bremen appear in violet at left. The printer's imprint 'Bremer Druckerei A. G.' is typeset in small roman type along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Bremer Druckerei A. G. |
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Francke Werke K.a.A. was a Bremen-based metalworks and machinery manufacturer that, like hundreds of German industrial firms during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to pay workers when Reichsbank notes became impossible to obtain in sufficient quantity. This note was a payroll instrument first, a circulating currency second.
Printed locally by Bremer Druckerei A.G., it never traveled far. Factory-issued Notgeld of this type was typically redeemable only at the issuing firm's cashier window, which kept redemption pools small and survival rates uneven.