| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1874 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 50 Mark |
| Currency | Mark (1873-1923) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 152 × 101 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Bundesdruckerei (Reichsdruckerei), Berlin, Germany (1879-date) |
| Designer(s) | Gustav Eilers |
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| Reference(s) | Pick#3 |
| Obverse description | Brown; red overprint. Two winged women holding the German State Crown above value. Left woman wearing scale mail and helmet and holding spear above left shoulder. Right woman wearing wreath and holding sickle and stack of wheat in left hand. Coat of arms of the German Empire in round medallions in corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | REICHS-KASSEN-SCHEIN GESETZ VOM 30 APRIL 1874 50 FUNFZIG MARK FUNFZIG MARK Berlin, den 11. Juli 1874. REICHS-SCHULDEN-VERWALTUNG Wer Reichs-Kassen-Scheine nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte, oder verfälschte Reichs-Kassen-Scheine wissentlich in Verkehr bringt, wird nach §§. 146 bis 149 des Straf- gesetzbuchs vom 15. Mai 1871 bestraft. 50 MARK 50 Wertlos (Translation: Imperial Treasury Note. Law of 30 April 1874. Fifty Mark. Imperial Debt Administration. Whoever counterfeits or falsifies Imperial Treasury Notes, or knowingly puts counterfeit or falsified Imperial Treasury Notes into circulation, shall be punished according to §§. 146 to 149 of the Criminal Code of May 15, 1871. Penal Code of 15 May 1871. Worthless.) |
| Reverse description | Olive-green and orange-brown; red overprint; black serial number. Three round ornamental medallions. |
| Reverse lettering | Ser. I. Fol. 0 Lit. C. No. 000 000 REICHS-KASSEN-SCHEIN 50 MARK FUNFZIG MARK Ausgef. Wertloss (Translation: Imperial Treasury Note. Fifty Mark. Executed) |
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| Variants | January 2, 1911 |
| Numisquare ID | 3890504830 |
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