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10 Mark Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| In circulation to | 1990 |
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| Obverse description | The denomination '10 MARK' appears at the top of the field, with the legend 'DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK' and the date '1982' arranged below. The arms of the German Democratic Republic — featuring a hammer and compass within a wreath of rye — are positioned at the center bottom of the coin, serving as the central motif of the obverse design. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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The Neues Gewandhaus opened in Leipzig on 8 October 1981, the first purpose-built concert hall constructed in the GDR and the product of nearly a decade of political negotiation — the SED leadership had repeatedly deprioritized the project in favor of industrial investment. This coin, issued the following year, was part of the DDR's deliberate commemorative program that used cultural monuments to project an image of socialist cultural achievement abroad, with many examples exported for hard currency rather than circulating domestically.