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100 Mark Reichsbanknote, green seal
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Value | 100 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote. Ein Hundert Mark Zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkassen in Berlin ohne Legitimationsprüfung dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote. Berlin, den 7. Februar 1908 Reichsbankdirektorium Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft. (Translation: Reichsbank note. One hundred marks. The Reichsbank main cashiers in Berlin pay the bearer of this banknote without verification of identity. Berlin, 7 February 1908, Reichsbank Directorate. Anyone who counterfeits or falsifies banknotes, or procures and circulates counterfeit or falsified banknotes, shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than two years.) |
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| Protection description | Complex guilloche underprint incorporating repeated denomination numerals and text throughout the field; serial numbers printed vertically in green ink on both lateral margins of the obverse. |
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The 1908 Reichsbank 100 Mark series remained in continuous issue for over a decade, circulating well into the Weimar period before hyperinflation rendered it worthless by 1923. The green seal variant distinguishes it from the red-sealed 1898 predecessor — a deliberate administrative differentiation rather than a security revision.
Heavily circulated examples are the rule, not the exception. This was working money, handled daily in commerce across the German Empire and later the republic that replaced it.