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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 237692, member: 39&quot;]On the 20 Mark note the text says:</p><p><i>Darlehnskassenschein</i></p><p><i>Zwanzig Mark</i></p><p><i>Berlin, den 20. Februar 1918</i></p><p><i>Reichsschuldenverwaltung</i></p><p><i>(various signatures)</i></p><p><i>(two seals)</i></p><p><i>(three lines of fine print, probably about counterfeiting and going to jail <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>On the second note (5 Mark) the words &quot;Darlehnskassenschein&quot; and &quot;Reichsschuldenverwaltung&quot; appear again ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Those notes were not issued by the Reichsbank (the central bank of the German Empire) but, between 1874 and 1922, by the Reichsschuldenverwaltung (National Debt Administration). They were used as means of payment, initially backed by gold. So they were used like regular cash, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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