Weimar Republic — Reichsbanknote — 100,000 Mark — 1923
Also known as: Einhunderttausend Mark
Well documentedSupported by multiple reputable specialist catalogues or publications.
Period
1923
Issuing entity
Weimar RepublicMaker / issuer
Reichsbank
High-denomination Reichsbanknote issued during the German hyperinflation of 1923.
Historical context
Between mid-1922 and November 1923 the Reichsbank issued notes of steeply rising denomination as the mark collapsed. The 100,000 mark note belongs to the middle of that escalation, months before the billion- and trillion-mark issues and the November 1923 Rentenmark stabilisation.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Paper
- Printing
- Typographic, multiple printers
Technical characteristics
- Security features
- Watermarked paper; serial numbering with series letters
Design
- Back
- Denomination and issue text
- Front
- Engraved portrait design with denomination in words and figures
Identification
- Key diagnostics
- Date of issue and printer identification on the note determine the exact variety
- Common confusions
- Contemporary Notgeld and state emergency issues of the same denomination are separate catalogue families
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Varieties
Printer and watermark varieties
Multiple printers produced this denomination; the full list is pending verification.
Research required
- Pick number and full variety list pending verification against a print edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.
- Exact dimensions pending an institutional measurement record.