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100 Mark Reichsbanknote, green seals
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Reference(s) | P#43 |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote. Ein Hundert Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin ohne Legitimations= prüfung dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote. 100 100 Berlin, den 21. April 1910. 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: The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note 100 Marks without proof of identity. Berlin, the 21st of April 1910 Reichsbank Directorate Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or acquires and puts copied or falsified banknotes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 | 100 Ein Hundert Mark. 100 | 100 (Translation: One Hundred Marks.) |
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The 1910 100 Mark Reichsbanknote series ran in enormous quantities through the pre-war and wartime years, and the "green seal" designation distinguishes the later signature variant from earlier printings within the same Pick number — a distinction that matters more to the specialist than the date alone suggests. By 1914, accelerating military expenditure had already begun inflating the note count in circulation, and this denomination carried the bulk of everyday commercial transactions before hyperinflation eventually rendered the entire Reichsbank series worthless.
The Reichsdruckerei's watermark on this issue was deliberately intricate, a direct response to widespread forgery attempts that had plagued earlier high-denomination German notes.