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100 Deutsche Mark
| Issuer | Deutsche Notenbank |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-grey intaglio on plain paper, composed entirely of typographic and ornamental elements without a pictorial vignette. A dense guilloche framework borders the note, enclosing a central panel with the large denomination legend 'HUNDERT DEUTSCHE MARK' in bold letterpress, beneath which the issuing authority text appears in spaced capitals. A large numeral '100' rendered in intricate lathe-work occupies the right side, flanked by smaller corner numerals, with the serial number printed in red at lower centre and upper left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Deutsche Notenbank was the central bank of the Soviet occupation zone, and this note — along with the rest of the 1948 series — was issued in direct response to the Western Allies' currency reform of June 1948, which introduced the Deutsche Mark in the western zones. The East followed within days with its own reform, overprinting existing Reichsmark and Rentenmark notes with adhesive coupons before these purpose-printed replacements became available.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig plant, operating under Soviet zone authority, handled production. The firm's main facilities had historically been in Leipzig, so the geography here is less remarkable than the political rupture it now represented — the same printer serving two Germanys moving rapidly in opposite directions.