Black-printed note with brown and green underprint. Guilloche pattern in left margin showing note`s value (5000). Serial number appears twice in green at lower left and upper right of bordered area. Image is the head of Hans Urmiller from Barthel Beham`s painting: `Hans Urmiller mit seinem Sohn.`
Reverse description
Red and brown print and ornate design over green-olive underprint. Underprint is made up of repeating hexagonal elements, each with `5000 Mark *` printed within. Anti counterfeit warning appears in the center oval. Right portion of the note, including margin-watermark area, is tinted green and has embedded, colored fibers.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
The note includes a margin-watermark showing alternating light &
dark chain links with `5000 Mark`
Obverse lettering
Reichsbanknote
Fünftausend Mark
zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin
gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer
Berlin, den 19. November 1922
Reichsbankdirektorium (Translation: The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note five thousand marks. Berlin, the 19th of November 1922 The Reichsbank Directorate)
Reverse lettering
Reichsbanknote
5000
Fünftausend Mark
(within the center oval)
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 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.)