Note printed in greens and browns with some red. Guilloche pattern with note`s value in left margin. Serial number printed twice in bordered area, green in upper left and black in lower right. Image of Jakob Meyer, Mayor of Basel.
Reverse description
Brown print on red and green underprint Serial number appears twice, vertically printed in green at left and right of bordered area. Anti-counterfeit warning appears at lower center.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
The note includes a margin-watermark showing an alternating
light-dark braid with the note`s value (500M) and stars
Obverse lettering
Reichsbanknote
500
Fünfhundert Mark
zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse
in Berlin gegen diese Banknote
dem Einlieferer
Berlin, den 27. März 1922
Reichsbankdirektorium (Translation: The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note five hundred marks. Berlin, the 27th of March 1922 The Reichsbank Directorate)
Reverse lettering
Reichsbanknote
500
Fünfhundert Mark
500
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder
nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Ver-
kehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren
bestraft (Translation: Five Hundred 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.)