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Musterbanknote 100
| Issuer | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Mark (1871-2001) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a dense, diagonal guilloche pattern in blue-violet tones across the right two-thirds of the note, with the denomination numeral '100' printed in large, bold figures at the lower centre of the guilloche field. The vertical inscription 'MUSTERBANKNOTE' runs along the right margin, while the Siemens Nixdorf corporate logotype and the full company name appear in the upper-left and lower-left white margins respectively. A diagonal overprint reading 'MUSTERBANKNOTE TEST NOTE SPECIMEN' is integrated into the guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | MUSTERBANKNOTE TEST NOTE SPECIMEN Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG 100 Bestellnummer 28127 00 7 93 |
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Siemens Nixdorf produced this 100-unit test note in 1993 as a calibration and training instrument for its automated cash-handling and banknote-processing equipment — not as a circulating currency of any kind. The denomination and issuer name are deliberate fictions, designed to satisfy machine-readable format requirements without creating anything that could be mistaken for legal tender.
By the early 1990s, Siemens Nixdorf was among Europe's leading suppliers of ATM and cash-sorting systems, and proprietary test notes like this one were standard tools for factory testing and field engineer training. Genuine survivors are uncommon outside decommissioned service kits.