The thing I enjoy most about this hobby is how it sometimes takes you on a journey to a new and interesting item that you were not even aware existed before the journey began.  I was doing some research on a future blog about the many silver rounds produced by mints around the world and suddenly came upon a German silver round depicting the Goddess Germania.  With just the slightest amount of extra effort, I found this absolutely beautiful banknote, featuring a portrait of Germania, and dating from 1910.  On the Obverse we see Germania sitting, next to an oak tree with a sword in her right hand and her left arm resting atop her shield.  The shield is decorated with a German style Eagle and the Eagle has shield on its chest with another smaller eagle.  to the left of Germania you see some farm implements and on the far right a line of Battleships are cruising in formation.  One senses a Germany proud of its past but looking to the future with weapons of war at the ready. On the reverse, we see Mercury with a Winged Cap.  Does that remind you of anything?   The Goddess Ceres, the God of Agriculture and Bounty, matching the farming implements on the obverse.   The Watermark shows Kaiser Wilhelm I, along with the denomination.  The Text translated by Google Translate is: "A Hundred Mark Reichsbank main cash paying in Berlin without the identity check theSupplier of this Banknote. Berlin, den 21, April 1910; Empire Bank's Board of Directors. (One Hundred ReichsMark).Any person who counterfeit or falsifies banknotes or counterfeit or falsified banknotes and inTransport is punishable by prison not less than two years." Incidentally,  Germany was on the Gold Standard back then and each German Mark was worth .358 Grams of gold.   Using my diminishing math skills means that this banknote could be exchanged for 35.8 Grams of Gold.  Since there are a little over 30 Grams of Gold to each ounce, then this Banknote would have been exchangeable for over an ounce of Gold back in 1910 Germany.  Unfortunately, the bill is worthless, except to a lover of beautiful engraving and I do love having this note in my collection. I hope you enjoyed this blog, I enjoyed doing the research. https://www.leftovercurrency.com/1000-mark-reichsbanknote-1910-value/