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10 000 Mark Reichsbanknote, large issue
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the central vignette of the note with intricate guilloche work and the denomination rendered in period typography, flanked by ornamental underprint panels. The Reichsbank eagle appears as a central heraldic device above the large numeral denomination. Decorative geometric rosettes are positioned at left and right, framed within an overall green intaglio-printed composition. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and centres on the large Gothic-script legend 'Zehn-tausend-Mark' arching across the top, with the Reichsbank eagle above the bold numeral '10000' and the word 'Mark' in script below. Two large circular guilloche rosettes flank the central vignette on either side, each set within elaborate lace-pattern geometric frames. A five-line anti-counterfeiting warning in Fraktur script appears at the foot of the design. |
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By early 1922, the Reichsbank was already printing notes in denominations that would have been unthinkable three years earlier. The 10,000 Mark note was introduced precisely because smaller denominations had become impractical for everyday commercial transactions — not yet the grotesque hyperinflation of late 1923, but the accelerating devaluation that made this note commonplace within months of issue.
Printed in multiple runs with varying serial number prefixes, P#71 exists in several minor signature and text variants that are often lumped together in general catalogs. The distinction matters to specialists.