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5 Reichsmark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Deutsche Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | To the right, an intaglio-engraved vignette set within a ruled rectangular frame presents an allegorical youth's head rendered in three-quarter profile, executed in a classical idealized style. The centre of the note carries the denomination in large Fraktur script reading 'Fünf Reichsmark', surmounted by the title 'Reichsbanknote', all set against a fine guilloche underprint. To the lower left, a large numeral '5' and a circular seal bearing the Reichsbank eagle with swastika anchor the composition, with the issuance text and a manuscript facsimile signature of the Reichsbank president below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote Fünf Reichsmark Ausgegeben auf Grund des Gesetzes über die Deutsche Reichsbank vom 15. Juni 1939. Berlin, den 1. August 1942. Der Präsident der Deutschen Reichsbank (Translation: Reichsbank note Five Reichsmarks Issued under the Law on the German Reichsbank of June 15, 1939. Berlin, August 1, 1942. The President of the German Reichsbank) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Brunswick Lion monument on its tall column set before the Romanesque facade of Brunswick Cathedral (Dom St. Blasii), framed within a ruled border. Flanking the central scene on either side are full-length standing figures of a peasant woman at left and a male worker at right, rendered in a monumental realist style against a fine guilloche background in brown and olive tones. The denomination numeral '5' appears in each corner, with the legends 'Reichsmark' above and 'Reichsbanknote' below the central vignette. |
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