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
50
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
