German Reichsbanknote Ten Reichsmark Type 1929 Great Men of the 19th Century Issue

Name/Title

German Reichsbanknote Ten Reichsmark Type 1929 "Great Men of the 19th Century" Issue

Entry/Object ID

1976.142.063

Description

German Reichsbanknote Ten Reichsmark Type 1929 "Great Men of the 19th Century" Issue. Accession number written on obverse. Dated January 22, 1929.

Collection

Banknotes

Made/Created

Bureau

Reichsdruckerei

Date made

1929 - 1933

Time Period

20th Century

Place of Origin

Country

Germany

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

Issued Note

Currency

German Reichsmark

Denomination

10

Issuing Authority

Reichsbank

Production Dates

Jan 22, 1929

Serial Number

37941978

Obverse

Description

Texts in German. Prefix and numbering in red. Portrait of the German agronomist Albert Daniel Thaer. A seal of the Reichsbank in dark green. Background composed of guilloche shapes.

Transcription

Reichsbanksnote. Zehn Reichsmark. Ausgegeben auf Grund des Bankgesetzes vom 30. August 1924. Berlin, den 22. Januar 1929. Reichsbankdirektorium.

Translation

Ten Reichsmark. Issued under the law of the bank from the 30th of August 1924. Berlin, 22nd of January 1929. Imperial bank directory.

Reverse

Description

Background made up of guilloche shapes. Allegorical figures with two cherubim holding cornucopias. In the center, a medallion containing a portrait of a young peasant woman holding a sickle. Text in German.

Transcription

Reichsmark. Reichsbanknote. Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft.

Translation

Reichsmark. Imperial banknote. Wo copies or falsified banknotes or acquired copied or falsified banknotes or brings them in circulation will be punished with prison for not less than two years.

Security Features

Type

Watermark

Notes

Portrait of Albrecht Daniel Thaer

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Pick Number

Other Number

180

Dimensions

Width

3 in

Length

5-7/8 in

Composition

Material

Paper