German Reichsbanknote One Billion Mark on One Thousand Mark Type 1922
Entry/Object ID
1988.087.034
Description
German One Billion Mark on One Thousand Mark Type 1922. Post-war Reichsbanknotes and inflation note. Dated December 15, 1922. Accession number written on reverse on bottom.
Collection
Banknotes
Made/Created
Date made
1918 - 1924
Time Period
20th Century
Place of Origin
Country
Germany
Region
Central Europe
Continent
Europe
Banknote Details
Banknote Type
Issued Note
Currency
German Mark
Denomination
1000000000
Issuing Authority
Reichsbank
Production Dates
Dec 15, 1922
Serial Number
430537
Obverse
Description
Black print on brown underprint, including the Reichsadler crest (German eagle heraldry). Brown tint vertically along right 1/3 of the note. Series number appears in either green or black; serial number appears in green- both at the top of the note. Red overprint diagonally across note and vertically along right. Watermark in right margin showing note's original denomination (1000) in a braid design. Prefix and numbering in dark green. Portrait of the mint master Jörg Herz by the German mannerist painter, designer and engraver Georg Penz.
Transcription
Reichsbanknote
Eine Milliarde Mark
zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin
gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer
Berlin, den 15. Dezember 1922
Reichsbankdirektorium
Translation
Reichs Banknote
One Billion Marks
The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note 1 billion Marks.
Berlin, the 15th of December 1922
Reichs Bank Directorate
Reverse
Description
Brown print. Note's value in the center, anti-counterfeiting warning in scroll along the bottom.
Red overprint diagonally across note. Frame and background composed of guilloche shapes, rosette. Text in German.
Transcription
Reichsbanknote
R B D
Eine Milliarde Mark
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nach=
gemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Ver=
kehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft
Translation
Reichs Banknote
R B D (abbreviation for Reichs Bank Directorate)
One Billion Marks
Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or acquires and puts copied or falsified notes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison time.
