1922 AD., Germany, Weimar Republic, Reichsbank, Berlin, 1st issue, 10000 Mark, Pick 70. K·5494435 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: 210 x 124 mm (the biggest size ever issued by the Reichsbank)
Material: paper
Watermark: 10000 / M
Serial : K (all observed: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z ), underprint letter K (all observed: A - H, J, K )
Serial no. : 5494435
Signatures: (10)
Printer: Reichsdruckerei, Berlin (Germany)
Obv.: K·5494435 / Reichsbanknote / Zehntausend Mark / zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin …. , portrait of a young man facing half left (from a painting by Dürer).
Rev.: Zehntausend Mark / K·5494435 / 10000 - 10000 / …. , square design of 7 fields, value numbers and serials in fields flanking eagle at center, ornaments.
References: Rosenberg 68a ; World Paper Money, Pick 70 .

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