Blue print on blue underprint and tan/beige underprint.
The Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) appears at upper right.
Serial number is printed in red vertically along the left and right margins.
Two red seals of the Reichs Bank Directorate appear at lower left and right, the latter with the anti-counterfeit warning overprinted in blue.
Lettering:
Reichsbanknote
Zwanzig Mark
zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin ohne
Legitimationsprüfung dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote.
Berlin, den 19. Februar 1914.
Reichbankdirektotium
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Wer Banknoten
nachmacht oder verfälscht,
oder nachgemachte oder ver=
fälschte sich verschafft und in
verkehr bringt, wird mit Zucht=
haus nicht unter zwei
Jahren bestraft.
Translation:
The Reichsbank Main Branch in Berlin will pay the holder of this note 20 Marks without proof of identity.
Berlin, the 19th of February 1914.
Reichsbank Directorate
Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or acquires and puts copied or falsified banknotes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison.
Central guilloche design element containing note's value printed in red and blue with a tan/beige underprint over the entire note.
The serial number appears in red at upper and lower center.
The underprint letter appears in light green to the left of the upper serial number and appears to be precisely aligned with the underprint letter on the obverse.
The left portion of the note appears darker due to a higher concentration of blue fibers.
Anti-counterfeit warning is printed vertically along the left and right sides.
Lettering:
(center)
Reichsbanknote
20 Mark
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nach=
gemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in verkehr
bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft.
Translation: Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or acquires and puts copied or falsified banknotes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison.