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10 000 Mark Reichsbanknote, small issue
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#72 |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote Zehntausend Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer Berlin, den 19. Januar 1922 Reichsbankdirektorium 10000 |
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| Reverse lettering | Zehntausend Mark 10000 Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft |
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The small-format 10,000 Mark note of 1922 arrived as German inflation was accelerating past the point of no return. The Reichsbank had already been printing at scale since the early postwar years, but 1922 marked the moment when five- and six-figure denominations stopped feeling extraordinary. This note, once a significant sum, was rendered nearly worthless within months of issue as the hyperinflationary spiral tightened through 1923.
At just over twelve million printed, the run was modest by the standards of what followed — later emergency issues reached into the billions of notes.