Mark Banco
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The mark of fixed value employed as an invariable standard in the old Bank at Hamburg, and used by the Hanseatic
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Mark Banco” mean?
The mark of fixed value employed as an invariable standard in the old Bank at Hamburg, and used by the Hanseatic
Is “Mark Banco” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.