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1000 Reichsmark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Reference(s) | P#184 |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote Tausend Reichsmark Ausgegeben auf Grund des Bankgesetzes vom 30. August 1924. Berlin, den 22. Februar 1936 Reichsbankdirektorium 1000 |
| Reverse description | Dark brown intaglio composition centred on a large circular medallion bearing a left-facing portrait bust of a bearded man in classical style, flanked by two allegorical figures — a female figure to the left and a draped male figure holding a cornucopia to the right — both rendered in a neoclassical engraving style. The title "Reichsmark" appears in bold Gothic lettering at the top, with "Reichsbanknote" inscribed along the lower decorative cartouche, and denomination numerals "1000" repeated at the upper corners. A fine anti-counterfeiting warning text runs along the bottom margin. |
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The 1936 series of high-denomination Reichsbank notes was printed in enormous quantities through the late 1930s and into the wartime period, feeding the accelerating pace of state expenditure that deficit financing alone could not conceal. A 1000-Reichsmark note represented roughly two months' wages for an average German industrial worker in 1936 — large enough that most ordinary citizens rarely handled one.
Reichsdruckerei had printed German banknotes since the Imperial period, and by the mid-1930s the facility was operating under direct party-era procurement pressures. The P#184 series continued in production well past its nominal date; the 1936 imprint appears on notes that circulated into the early 1940s, complicating precise dating of individual specimens.