20 Mark Reichsbanknote
Features
| Issuer |
Germany (1871-1948)
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|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Reichsbank |
| Emperor |
William II (1888-1918)
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| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1915 |
| Value | 20 Mark |
| Currency | Mark (1873-1923) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 90 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 5 June 1925 |
| Number | N# 203960 |
| References | P# 63 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Dark blue on light blue underprint
Two men with cornucopias filled with money representing abundance at upper center, surrounding the German Imperial Crest and denomination in a circle where the below-mentioned underprint number/letter is also to be found.
Seals of the Reichsbankdirektorium appear at left and right center in brown.
Series letters/serial numbers appear at lower left and right in brown.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Reichsbanknote
Zwanzig Mark
zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin
gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer.
Berlin, den 4. November 1915.
Reichsbankdirektorium
Translation:
Reichs (Imperial) banknote
The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note Twenty Marks.
Berlin, the 4th of November 1915.
Reichs Bank Directorate
Reverse
Man at left, woman at right repesenting work and rest.
Series letter and serial number appear at left and right center, printed vertically in the border in brown.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
20
M
in the lower border:
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte
oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in verkehr bringt, wird mit
Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft.
Translation:
20 Marks (abbreviated)
Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or acquires and puts copied or falsified banknotes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison time.
Watermark
Value '20' and Mark
© Steve-B
Signatures
| Rudolf Havenstein (RH) | President |
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| Otto von Glasenapp (OG) | Director |
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| Oskar Schmiedicke (OS) | Director |
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| Korn (K) | Director |
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| Erich Maron (EM) | Director |
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| Karl von Lumm (KL) | Director |
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| Karl von Grimm (KG) | Director |
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| Carl Kauffmann (CK) | Director |
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| Paul Schneider (PS) | Director |
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| Arnold Budczies (AB) | Director |
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Printer
Bundesdruckerei (Reichsdruckerei), Berlin, Germany (1879-date)Comments
First issued at the earliest in second half of 1917
Variations in Numbering
Serial Number Prefix with Underprint Letters:
A / A, B
B / B, C, D
C / D, E, F
D / F, G, H
E / H, K
F / K, L
G / L, O
H / O (As pictured above)
On some notes the obverse underprint appears off-center. Example:
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| Date | Signatures | No. printed | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1915-Nov-04 | RH, OG, OS, K, EM, KL, KG, CK, PS, AB | 
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77 528 000 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.20 | $ 2.30 | $ 3.00 | $ 3.70 | $ 7.20 | $ 12 | |||||
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