Note about the Note that is Not a Note

While this is technically not a note, it is printed in 2000 on note paper and by a note printing company and to the standards required of an actual note. It serves as a sample of the company’s work.
The note features Marie Konigin v. Bayer at right and imprint into foil at center.

About the company.

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a German company headquartered in Munich that provides banknote and securities printing. In delivering banknotes and banknote paper, the company is subject to strict rules defined by the World Bank.

Founded in 1852 by Hermann Giesecke and Alphonse Devrient, the firm initially specialized in high-quality printing, notably currency and securities printing. G&D has printed banknotes for other various countries through the years, including Cambodia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Peru, Zaire, and Zimbabwe.

The firm is the world's second largest supplier of banknotes with some 50 subsidiaries and joint ventures around the world. The company operates printing facilities in Germany (Munich and Leipzig), as well as Ottawa, Canada, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. G&D currently supplies Euro notes for the German Bundesbank; and the company supplies banknotes for many other nations. ENJOY!!