Germany Mannhiem 8 Gulden 20 Kreutzer 1836 Bankhaus W.H. Ladenburg & Sohne
Cheque issued in Mannheim and payable by Simon Sima in Vienna; The bank was founded by Wolf Hajum Ladenburg (1766–1851) in 1785. Its story started as a jewelry and money trading business, but in later decades it promoted all parts of Mannheim's economy by generously granting loans, so that the history of this bank is linked to the economic history of the city of Mannheim in the 19th century. His son Seligmann Ladenburg and Seligmann's son Carl Ladenburg led to prosperity of the bank in later years; XF