Issuing authority
Weimar Republic
German republic whose 1922-1923 hyperinflation produced one of the largest paper-money series in history.
- Kind
- state
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- 1918 – 1933
Succeeded by the National Socialist state.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
22
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
22 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1914 – 1933
16 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
2
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (22)
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emergency money
German Notgeld
c. 1914–1923
German Notgeld, meaning emergency or necessity money, comprises substitute currency produced during economic and political crises when insufficient official money was supplied by the central bank. Produced without sanction from central government, it was issued by town savings banks, municipalities, and private or s…
Partial type record
Museum of City History Leipzig via Europeana
banknotes
Banknote (Museum of City History Leipzig)
Banknote is held by Museum of City History Leipzig. Museum description: in the value of 100 Reichsmark; blue note; depicted on the front on the right side is Justus Liebig; no. C-8731432; Reichsbanknote Hundert Reichsmark. Herausgegeben auf Grund des Bankgesetzes vom 30. August 1924. Berlin, den 24. Juni 1935. Reich…
Partial type record
Einbeck City Museum via Europeana
banknotes
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Fifty Thousand Marks
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Fifty Thousand Marks is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: Reichsbank note / Fifty Thousand Marks, paper colored green on the right, with Wilcox fiber insert. - Obv. Mayor Brauweiler (painting by B. Bruyn) - Rev. Value statement on ornament - Watermark: oak leaf stripe; Cre…
Partial type record
Einbeck City Museum via Europeana
banknotes
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Five Million Mark
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Five Million Mark is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: Four Reichsbank notes / Five Million Mark, paper tinted green on the left, with Wilcox fibre insert. - Reichsdruck only. - Printed with text on one side only. - Watermark: "5000 Mark" in spiral band; Creator / Source:…
Partial type record
Einbeck City Museum via Europeana
banknotes
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Ten Reichsmarks
Currency / Reichsbank Note / Ten Reichsmarks is held by Einbeck City Museum. Museum description: Five Reichsbank notes / Ten Reichsmarks - Obv. Albrecht Daniel Thaer (physician and agricultural reformer) - Rev. Medallion framed by putti: peasant woman with sickle and ears of wheat (agriculture); Creator / Source: H.…
Partial type record
Einbeck City Museum via Europeana
banknotes
Currency / Reichsbanknote / Five million marks, medallion banknote
Currency / Reichsbanknote / Five million marks, medallion banknote is held by Einbeck City Museum (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: Reichsbanknote / Five million marks / Medallion banknote, paper dyed yellow on the right, with Wilcox fiber insert - Reichsdruck only. - Obv. Woman's head of t…
Partial type record
Einbeck City Museum via Europeana
banknotes
Currency / Reichsbanknote / Two million marks
Currency / Reichsbanknote / Two million marks is held by Einbeck City Museum (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: Two Reichsbanknotes / Two million marks - Obv. left and right portrait of the merchant Gisze (after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger) - Rev. Value denomination and ornaments…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Germany, Upper Silesia, 5 Mark, 1921
1921
Porcelain pseudo-coin. Obverse: standing mother with infant on her arm and boy and girl clutching her skirts. Reverse: beneath a cloud bank, from which an oath-taking hand extends upwards, a group of five trees. Below, value indication in one line. Regional designation as inscription. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, A…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
300 Mark Studententaler from Germany as Wirtschaftshilfe der Deutschen Studentenschaft, 1922
1922
White porcelain token with gilded rim. Obverse: between two gilded stars, bound kneeling angel with a branch on the right. Reverse: within two triangles, one of which is gilded, value designation in three lines. Above that, date. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5856; its record…
Partial type record
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
banknotes
Banknote, Bayer, 1923 (V&A, CIRC.386-1969)
1923
Emergency banknote for the Thüringische Staatsbank, 1923. Designed by Herbert Bayer. 1,000,000 Mark note printed in beige. Banknote, colour lithographic print on paper. The museum record gives material recorded as ink, card; measurements Height 70 mm; Width 141 cm; maker recorded: Bayer.
Partial type record
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
banknotes
Banknote, Bayer, 1923 (V&A, CIRC.387-1969)
1923
Emergency banknote for the Thüringische Staatsbank, 1923. Designed by Herbert Bayer. 1,000,000 Mark note printed in turquoise. Banknote, colour lithographic print on paper. The museum record gives material recorded as ink, card; measurements Height 70 mm; Width 138 mm; maker recorded: Bayer.
Partial type record
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
banknotes
Banknote, Bayer, Herbert, 1923 (V&A, CIRC.385-1969)
1923
Emergency banknote for the Thüringische Staatsbank, 1923. Designed by Herbert Bayer. 1,000,000 Mark note, printed in red. Banknote, colour lithographic print on paper. The museum record gives measurements Height 246 mm; Length 209 mm; Thickness 10 mm; maker recorded: Bayer, Herbert.
Partial type record
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
banknotes
Banknote, Bayer, Herbert, 1923 (V&A, CIRC.391-1969)
1923
Emergency banknote for the Thüringische Staatsbank, 1923. Designed by Herbert Bayer. 2,000,000 Mark note printed in grey. Banknote, colour lithographic print on paper. The museum record gives measurements Height 246 mm; Length 209 mm; Thickness 10 mm; maker recorded: Bayer, Herbert.
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Hamburg, 1/10 verrechnungsmark, 1923
1923
Aluminium emergency coin. Obverse: city coat of arms supported by two lions, surmounted by crest. Reverse: denomination in three lines. Date in circumscription. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1021A; its record gives material recorded as aluminum (metal); technique striking (met…
Partial type record
Museum of City History Leipzig via Europeana
banknotes
Imperial banknote over 20,000 marks, Publisher: Reichsbank treasury, 1923
1923
Imperial banknote over 20,000 marks, Publisher: Reichsbank treasury, 1923 is held by Museum of City History Leipzig, dated 1923. Museum description: Reichsbank note of 20,000 marks from 20 February 1923, greenish-reddish banknote with black numbering. The museum record gives material recorded as paper; measurements…
Partial type record
Deutsche Rentenbank
banknotes
Rentenmark note
From 1923
Rentenmark notes were paper currency issued in Weimar Germany by the Rentenbank, which was established on 15 October 1923 under emergency legislation. Introduced alongside the old currency on 15 November 1923 to bring an end to the severe hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923, they served to replace the virtually worthles…
Partial type record
Numista catalogue (photo contributor credited on the source page)
emergency money
Weimar Republic — Reichsbanknote — 100,000 Mark — 1923
1923
The Weimar Republic 100,000 Mark Reichsbanknote is a high-denomination paper currency issue introduced by the Reichsbank in 1923 during the period of German hyperinflation. Denominated as "Einhunderttausend Mark", the banknote was produced to supply circulation as the purchasing power of the Papiermark collapsed. T…
Partial type record
Reichspost of the German Empire via Wikimedia Commons
stamps
Airships — Zeppelin issue, Germany (Weimar Republic), 1928
1928
The Airships — Zeppelin issue is a set of postage stamps released in Germany (Weimar Republic) on 30 September 1928. The StampWorld catalogue lists 3 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 419–419‑420). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 2RM. blue; 4RM. dark brown. Perforation: 14. Watermark: type 2 in th…
Partial type record
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stamps
Paul von Hindenburg issue, Germany (Weimar Republic), 1928
1928
The Paul von Hindenburg issue is a set of postage stamps released in Germany (Weimar Republic) on 1 September 1928. The StampWorld catalogue lists 7 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 413–413‑418). Values and colours recorded for the issue: 5Pfg. green; 15Pfg. carmine; 25Pfg. blue; 40Pfg. violet; 50Pfg. brown;…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
3 Reichsmark from Germany, 1929
1929
Silver commemorative coin for the 10th anniversary of the Constitution. Obverse: head of Hindenburg facing left. Value indication in the legend. Reverse: hand taking an oath. In the exergue, dates "11. August 1919-1929". Below that the letter A. Edge inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
5 Reichsmark from Germany, 1929
1929
Silver commemorative coin for the 10th anniversary of the Constitution. Obverse: head of Hindenburg facing left. Value indication in the legend. Reverse: hand taking an oath. In the exergue, dates "11. August 1919-1929". Below that the letter A. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-…
Partial type record
Museum of City History Leipzig via Europeana
banknotes
Imperial banknote over 50 marks, Publisher: Reichsbankdirektorium, 1933
1933
Imperial banknote over 50 marks, Publisher: Reichsbankdirektorium, 1933 is held by Museum of City History Leipzig, dated 1933. Museum description: Reichsbank note of 50 marks from 30 March 1933, greenish-brown banknote with red numbering. The museum record gives material recorded as paper; measurements height x widt…
Partial type record
Entries by catalogue category
- Banknotes13
- Modern World Coins5
- Emergency & Inflation Issues2
- Postage Stamps2
Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Porcelain2
- Silver2
- Aluminium1
- Paper1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
Confidence of the published entries
- Well documented2
- Documented19
- Unverified1
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