Bavaria (1922)

This serie of banknotes (called Bayerische Banknote) belongs to the period in Bavaria and German history in which the country was plunged into a tremendous hyperinflation after the First World War, which had political consequences such as the proclamation of the Soviet Republic of Bavaria (1919) or the failed coup of the Putsch in Munich (1923) by Adolf Hitler. In these years the Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria was approved and the hegemonic party was the Bavarian Popular Party. There are banknotes of 100 mark, 1,000 mark and 5,000 mark.

100 mark (hundert Mark)

This banknote worth 100 mark was first circulated in January the 1st 1922. On the main side it can be seen the written value of the banknote in Gothic characters, the name of the Regional Bank in German (Bayerische Notenbank) and the name of the currency, with a 100 in the background. In the upper left corner there's another 100 and in the right, a gap for the digital watermark. The rest of the banknote is fulled with decorative elements.
On the other side of the banknote there's the Bavarian coat of arms (Rautenflagge) holded by two lions with standards and a tree in the background. Moreover there's the written value of the banknote, the name of the Regional Bank and a text saying that counterfeiting banknotes is punished with German law, all of that surrounded with floristic and decorative elements. This banknote has M's and 100's as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 16.3 cm x 10.8 cm.

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Bavaria (1875-1921)

This serie of banknotes (called Bayerische Banknote) belongs to the period in Bavaria and German history in which in Bavaria, Louis II reigned first, who was dismissed in 1886 because of the bad relationship with the Bavarian government, and later his brother Otto I, with a long history of mental illness and under the tutelage of his uncle Prince Leopold until 1912, a period in that the Bavarian relations were very cold for the search for power in the German Empire and ended with Georg von Hertling, as the first president of the government with a majority in the Bavarian Regional Parliament. After the death of Prince Leopold, his son deposed Otto I and was crowned as Louis III, standing out as a conservative reign. During the First World War, in 1917, von Hertling went to the German Chancellery and occupied his post Otto Ritter von Dandl. Unpopular in the course of the war broke out the German Revolution of 1918, proclaiming the ephemeral Soviet Republic of Bavaria. The Wittelsbach family left the power and Bavaria adopted a republican regime, integrating itself in the Republic of Weimar, conserving the Palatinate occupied from 1918 to 1930 by the French and acquired Coburg in 1920. There are banknotes of 100 mark.

100 mark (hundert Mark)

This banknote worth 100 mark was first circulated in January the 1st 1900. On the main side right it can be seen Ceres (Roman godness of agriculture) and a boy, with farming implements and a wad of straw and in the left, the allegoric representation of the Bank and Mercury (Roman messenger and trade god), with industrial tools, coin bags and a cornucopia. The letter are written on a Gothic style and in the center appears the written value of the banknote and the name of the Regional Bank in German  (Bayerische Notenbank) over a 100 and with two 100's in the upper part.
In the lower part it appear Bavarian Kingdom coat of arms and decorative elements. The other side of the banknote has the written value of the banknote, six 100's (four of them on the corners), the name of the serie and a text saying that counterfeiting banknotes is punished with German law, all of that surrounded with floristic and decorative elements. This banknote has the name of the Regional Bank and a 100 as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 16.1 cm x 10.3 cm.

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