1922 AD., Germany, Weimar Republic, Reichsbank, Berlin, 1st issue, 10000 Mark, printer: H. S. Hermann, Berlin, Pick 72a.3. 8M·053203 Obverse

State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Reichsbankhauptkasse, Reichsbankdirektorium
Location of issue: Berlin
Date of issue: 19. Jan. 1922 AD., (but issued on 18. May 1922)
Value: 10.000 Mark
Size: 180 x 100 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: diamonds all over note
Serial : 8 , Company logo: M (all observed: B, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, R, S ), without underprint letter
Serial no. : 053203 , 6 digit serial
Signatures: (10)
Printer: H. S. Hermann, Berlin (Germany) (for letter M)
Obv.: 9G·201676 / Reichsbanknote / Zehntausend Mark / zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin …. , portrait of a young man facing half left (from a painting by Dürer).
Rev.: Zehntausend Mark / R B D / 10000 / Mark / Wer Banknoten nachmacht …. , simple oval design, no fields, value, eagle and texts at center, ornaments flanking, additional big value number to r.
References: Rosenberg 69c ; World Paper Money, Pick 72/3 .

The painting “Bildnis eines jungen Mannes 1500“ by Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528), dated 1500, now: München, Alte Pinakothek, Obergeschoss Saal IIb (Inventar-Nr. 694), had been 1616 in the Praun collection in Nurmberg. Bought 1809 by prince royal Ludwig von Bayern from Nurenberg art dealer Frauenholz; https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/bookmark/artwork/y7GEvQm4PV