@kaia I like seeing these old bills because it really demonstrates how far we've fallen artistically in engraving. Look how weak this is. I realize a lot of it is anti-counterfeiting protection but it has no composition and is loaded with just empty space.
I miss playing in the bank while my dad was doing extra work there on the weekends when it was closed. I got to explore the giant vault and my dad would show me their collection of super old bills and coins. I have indeed touched these rare bills
I think, the Deutsch Marks of my childhood were quite beautiful (they were replaced in the 1990s by duller ones).
Of, course, I never owned a 1000 Marks note, but I have seen them.
Every denomination 5/10/20/50/100/500 had a different colour. The faces in the front were portraits of non-famous people by great German artists (like Dürer, Lucas Cranach etc.), the backside symbolic pictures.
@mina@feld@kaia@sun interesting that i remember that hobo's face so well, despite having probably never having held a 1000 Mark bill 🤔. i guess their image was commonly used in advertising and fake bills (play money, candy, etc)…
@mina@feld@kaia@sun oh wait, that face wasn't even on the 90s bills. okay then i'm pretty sure i've never seen in in real life, probably just a very memorable picture 😅.
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