Country: Germany

 

Issuer: Sächsische Bank zu Dresden (Bank of Saxony)

 

SCWPM Catalog No.: P-S952b

 

Date: 2 January 1911

 

Denomination: 100 Mark

 

Condition: Choice Uncirculated, strong embossing, excellent margins.

 

Description: Black on blue and brown/tan underprinting, frame with portrait of woman at left, similar frame with Mercury at right. Bank name at top center, denomination at center. Reverse dark blue, light blue, and light brown with elaborate lathe work and guilloches with denomination at center and each corner. This bank was founded in 1865 by King Johann and was one of five note-issuing banks operating in Saxony (Sachsen in German.) and began issuing notes in January of 1866. This note is from the fourth emission of notes by this bank, and is one of the last “traditional” issues prior to the hyper-inflation issues of the early 1920’s. Like most German banks, their note-issuing right was revoked in December of 1935. A classic example of German banknote production, being printed by Giesecke & Devrient, a firm still in business today.