| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 000 Mark (500 000) |
| Currency | Mark (1873-1923) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 169 × 94 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reference(s) | P#88 |
| Obverse description | Black print and dark green design elements over wavy line underprint in green and grey over vertical-line underprint in lilac. Portrait of a man wearing Jacobite cap left and right. Serial number appears in red at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse description | Black print over the Reichsadler (Imperial eagle) in dark green. This over wavy-line underprint in red and green. Left margin-watermark area is blue-tinted. Serial number, if present, appears in red at top center and/or lower center. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Interestingly, this note has the 500-Mark margin-watermark. It consists of an alternating light/dark braid with `500M` and stars.This same watermark can be found on the 500-mark, P-73 banknote (ref below). |
| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote
Fünfhunderttausend Mark
zahlt die Reichsbank=
hauptkasse in Berlin
gegen diese Banknote
dem Einlieferer
Berlin, den 1. Mai 1923
Reichsbankdirektorium (Translation: The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note five Hundred Thousand Marks. Berlin, the 1st of May, 1923 The Reichsbank Directorate) |
| Reverse lettering | Reichsbanknote
500 000
Fünfhunderttausend Mark
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder
nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr
bringt, wird
mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft (Translation: Five Hundred Thousand Marks 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.) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 4977992990 |
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