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100 Mark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1883-1908 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote. Ein Hundert Mark. zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin ohne Legitimationsprüfung dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote. Berlin, den 17. April 1903. Reichsbankdirektorium. 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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| Reverse lettering | 100 MARK BANKNOTE 100 MARK BANKNOTE |
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The Reichsdruckerei handled this series entirely in-house — an intentional consolidation of currency production under state control that the newly unified German empire pursued aggressively after 1871. Paul Thumann was primarily known as a genre and portrait painter, an unusual background for banknote design work, and his involvement reflects the Reichsbank's preference for fine-art credentials over commercial engraving tradition.
Pick 20 spans a 25-year issuance window, meaning notes from the 1883 and 1908 ends of the series can differ meaningfully in paper quality and stamp impressions — worth distinguishing when dating individual examples.