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500 Mark Francke Werke
| Issuer | Francke Werke K.a.A., Bremen |
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| Year | 1922-1923 |
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| Size | 135 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal note printed in black on cream-yellow paper with a fine diamond-pattern guilloche underprint forming the central field. The upper portion carries a serial number (Nr.) at left and the denomination "Mk. 500" at right in bold type, with the issuing bank instruction text — directing J. F. Schröder Bank K.a.A. Bremen to pay five hundred Mark from account by bank transfer — set in Gothic letterpress across the center. The lower portion bears the issuer name "FRANCKE WERKE K.a.A." above the inscription "Die Geschäftsinhaber:" and three manuscript signatures of the business proprietors, with a handwritten date line reading "Bremen, den 29 September 1923" and a cancellation stamp at upper left; the printer imprint "Bremer Druckerei A.G." appears at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. 010589 Die Mk. 500 J. F. Schröder Bank K.a.A. Bremen wird angewiesen, gegen diesen Schein im Wege der Bankverrechnung Fünfhundert Mark aus unserem Guthaben zu zahlen. Bremen, den 29 September 1923 FRANCKE WERKE K.a.A. Die Geschäftsinhaber: Bremer Druckerei A.G. |
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Francke Werke K.a.A. was a Bremen-based mechanical engineering firm that, like hundreds of German industrial employers during the hyperinflation crisis of 1922–23, was compelled to issue its own emergency wage currency — Notgeld — simply to meet payroll. The Reichsbank could not print fast enough. Firms printed their own, often backed by nothing more than the employer's promise to accept the notes in lieu of wages.
Bremer Druckerei A.G. handled production locally, which kept turnaround fast — a practical necessity when denominations became obsolete within weeks.