20 Mark

Features

Issuer	German Democratic Republic (Germany)
Issuing bank	GDR State Bank (Staatsbank der DDR)
Period	Democratic Republic (1949-1990)
Type	Standard banknote
Year	1975
Value	20 Mark (20 DDM)
Currency	Mark (1948-1990)
Composition	Paper
Size	127 × 55 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	1 July 1990
Number	N# 205900
References	P# 29 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money = Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues . 1961-Present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
National emblem of the German Democratic Republic

Lettering:
STAATSBANK DER DDR
ZWANZIG
MARK
DER
DEUTSCHEN
DEMOKRATISCHEN
REPUBLIK
1975
20
JOHANN WOLFGANG v. GOETHE

Translation:
State Bank of the GDR
Twenty Marks of the German Democratic Republic

Reverse

Young children leaving a school
National emblem of the German Democratic Republic

Lettering:
WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE SICH VERSCHAFFT/UM SIE IN VERKEHR ZU BRINGEN/WIRD BESTRAFT.
20 ZWANZIG MARK 20
DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK

Translation:
Anyone who post-fakes or falsifies or mimics or falsifies banknotes / to bring them into circulation / will be punished
Twenty Marks of the German Democratic Republic

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