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500 Mark
| Issuer | Sächsische Bank zu Dresden |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by the large gothic-script denomination "Fünfhundert Mark" with the numeral 500 above it, centered on a lightly printed underprint. Flanking the central text on both left and right are tall vertical vignettes of interlaced folded ribbon ornaments rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The issuer name "DIE SÄCHSISCHE BANK ZU DRESDEN" appears at the top, with the date, place, and three manuscript signatures of bank officials below the denomination, followed by a small anti-counterfeiting warning in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE SÄCHSISCHE BANK ZU DRESDEN bezahlt gegen diese Banknote 500 Fünfhundert Mark DEUTSCHE REICHSWÄHRUNG Dresden, den 12. September 1922. SÄCHSISCHE BANK ZU DRESDEN Wer diese Banknote nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder dergleichen nachgemachte oder verfälschte Banknoten in den Veckehr bringt, wird nach den einschlagenden Bestimmungen des Straf gesetzbuches des Deutschen Reiches bestraft. (Translation: The Saxon Bank of Dresden pays against this banknote 500 Five hundred Marks German Reich Currency Dresden, September 12, 1922. Saxon Bank of Dresden Anyone who counterfeits or forges this banknote, or who circulates similar counterfeit or forged banknotes, will be punished according to the applicable provisions of the German Reich Criminal Code.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is arranged with a simple, bold design centred on the large numeral "500" with the word "MARK" below it in gothic typeface, and the full written denomination "FÜNFHUNDERT MARK" beneath. The issuer name "SÄCHSISCHE BANK ZU DRESDEN" is printed at the top in a serif typeface. A continuous border of the denomination text "MARK 500 MARK" and "500 MARK" runs along all four margins, and a brief redemption notice appears at the bottom in small letterpress text. |
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