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.
