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10 Mark Reichskassenschein
| Issuer | Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Imperial Debt Administration) |
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| Year | 1906 |
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| Composition | Paper (corrugated hemp paper) |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Zehn Mark Wer Reichskassenscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft. (Translation: 10 Ten Marks Anyone who counterfeits or falsifies Reich treasury bills, or procures counterfeit or falsified bills and puts them into circulation, shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than two years.) |
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| Protection description | Head of Mercury facing right |
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The Reichskassenschein series occupied an odd institutional niche — these were treasury certificates issued directly by the Imperial Debt Administration rather than the Reichsbank, a distinction that mattered legally even if the public rarely cared. By 1906 the small-denomination Kassenschein had been circulating in various forms since the 1870s, functioning as fractional paper in a monetary system still anchored to gold coinage.
Paul Thumann was principally known as a Romantic painter and illustrator, an unusual choice for currency design. Hans Meyer's engraving work for the Reichsdruckerei was prolific across this period. The corrugated hemp paper substrate was a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure — its distinctive texture immediately detectable by touch.