German Reichsbanknote Fifty Reichsmark Type 1933 Great Men of the 19th Century Issue

Banknote

Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

German Reichsbanknote Fifty Reichsmark Type 1933 "Great Men of the 19th Century" Issue

Entry/Object ID

2019.007.029

Description

German Reichsbanknote Fifty Reichsmark Type 1933. Accession number written on reverse at bottom. Dated March 30, 1933. "The great men of the 19th century" issue.

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

Issuing Authority

Reichsbank

Production Dates

Mar 30, 1933

Serial Number

11627291

Obverse

Description

Texts in German. Prefix and numbering in red. Portrait of the politician and banker David Hansemann. A seal of the Reichsbank in dark green. Background composed of guilloche shapes.

Transcription

Reichsbanknote Fünfzig Reichsmark Ausgegeben auf Grund des Bank- gesetzes vom 30.August 1924. Berlin, den 30.März 1933 Reichsbankdirektorium

Translation

Reichsbanknote Fifty Reichsmark Issued on the basis of the banking law of August 30, 1924 Berlin, March 30, 1933 Reichsbank Directorat

Reverse

Description

Background made up of guilloche shapes. Allegorical figures with two seated cherubs holding a pen and a sheet of paper. In the center, a medallion containing a portrait of a young Mercury holding his caduceus. 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 Reichsbanknote Whoever provides and distributes a copy or a false banknote is punished with a jail term not under two years

Security Features

Type

Watermark

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

182

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

3-5/16 in

Length

6-11/16 in

Composition

Material

Paper

Web Links and URLs

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note203641.html, https://www.numizon.com/en/banknote/germany-50-reichsmark-type-1933-pick-182/deu-p182/