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10 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landeshauptstadt Karlsruhe |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and red on cream paper, the obverse is framed by a dense ornamental border of repeating guilloche and foliate patterns carrying the denomination '10 000 M' along all four margins. A central oval vignette rendered in letterpress presents gold washers at work on the Rhine near Karlsruhe circa 1800, with figures, a boat, and a townscape in the background, captioned 'GOLDWASCHER AM RHEIN BEI KARLSRUHE UM 1800' in a band above. The issuer's name 'LANDESHAUPTSTADT KARLSRUHE' appears in a banner beneath the upper denomination cartouche, while the Gothic-script legend 'Zehntausend Mark' occupies the lower third of the note, flanked by two large numeral panels reading '10 000'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 000 MARK LANDESHAUPTSTADT KARLSRUHE GOLDWASCHER AM RHEIN BEI KARLSRUHE UM 1800 »GOLD DES RHEINES MÜNZTEN EINST DIE VÄTER HIER * ENKEL DRUCKEN HEUTE NULLEN AUF PAPIER« Zehntausend Mark 10 000 MARK |
| Reverse description | The reverse shares the same dark brown and red colour scheme, with an ornamental guilloche border repeating the denominations '10 000 M' and 'ZEHNTAUSEND M' along all margins. A central rectangular letterpress vignette presents the Rheinhafen (Rhine harbour) of Karlsruhe, with cranes, moored barges, and warehouse buildings reflected in the water, identified by a red panel captioned 'RHEINHAFEN' beneath. Two flanking oval text cartouches carry the redemption clause dated 'Karlsruhe, Februar 1923' and a poetic inscription respectively, while the lower centre bears a serial number, the validity clause 'NUR MIT TROCKENSTEMPEL GÜLTIG!', a dry-embossed city arms seal at lower right, and a manuscript signature above the legend 'DER STADTRAT:'. |
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