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100 Mark
| Issuer | Sächsische Bank zu Dresden |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Value | 100 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an allegorical composition with Saxonia, the personification of Saxony, to the left and the Roman god Mercury to the right, flanking the denomination numeral. Ornate letterpress text panels carry the full issue inscription and anti-counterfeiting warning in German gothic script. The design is framed by elaborate guilloche borders with corner denomination numerals. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 DIE SÄCHSISCHE BANK ZU DRESDEN 100 bezahlt gegen diese Banknote EIN HUNDERT MARK Deutsche Reichswährung. Dresden, den 1. Januar 1874 Sächsische Bank zu Dresden: 100 MARK 100 MARK Wer diese Banknote nachmacht oder verfälsert, oder dergleichen nachgemachte oder verfälschte Banknoten in den Verkehr bringt, wird nach den einschlagenden Bestimmungen des Strafgesetz- huches für das deutsche Reich bestraft (Translation: 100 The Saxon Bank of Dresden 100 Paid against this banknote One Hundred Marks German Imperial Currency. Dresden, January 1, 1874 Saxon Bank of Dresden: 100 Marks 100 Marks Anyone who counterfeits or forges this banknote, or who places similar counterfeit or forged banknotes into circulation, will be punished according to the applicable provisions of the German Imperial Penal Code) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and red-brown, dominated by a large central guilloche rosette containing the denomination numeral "100" in red, set within a finely engraved geometric lathe-work frame. Two flanking oval red medallions each repeat the denomination, while the issuer's name arcs above and below the central cartouche in uppercase lettering. The denomination "100" and the word "MARK" appear in large Roman capitals in each corner, oriented vertically along the side margins. |
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