In the amount of twenty Mark, this Gutschein, or voucher, was issued by Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation for their manufacturing facility in Berlin-Treptow. This particular company scrip is styled after a banknote with the terms of the scrip on the verso. The recto contains an "Ungültig" cancellation stamp meaning it was no longer valid due to a purchase made within the company store or canteen. Paper features a watermark design.
Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation, commonly known as Agfa, was manufacturing X-ray plates and photographic film products in the early twentieth century. Berlin-Treptow, Germany was the location of an aniline manufacturing plant.
This German company scrip is an example of the hyperinflation which occurred in Germany after World War One as a result of reparation costs. Due to the devaluation of the Mark, companies began issuing their own currency that employees could use within their company stores.
“Aktiengesellschaft Für Anilinfabrikation Twenty Mark Gutschein.” Treptow, Berlin, Germany: Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation, January 2, 1919. Robert J. Bauman collection. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cn69m517v.
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