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10 Mark Richard Wagner
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Weight | 17.0 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the state emblem of the German Democratic Republic at the top of the field, depicting a hammer and compass encircled by a wreath of rye, symbolising the worker-peasant state. Below the emblem, the legend DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK is inscribed in three lines across the central field. The denomination 10 MARK appears in the lower portion, with the date split as 19 and 83 flanking the numeral 10. The design is executed in a clean, modernist style with flat relief against a brushed field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a high-relief scene inspired by a medieval illumination depicting a singing contest, referencing the Wartburg tournament from Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. At centre stands the principal figure of Tannhäuser, robed and holding a cross, surrounded by six seated and standing attendant figures arranged in a semicircular composition. The inscription TANNHÄUSER is divided across the upper field to either side of the central figure. Along the lower field, the dates 1813 - 1883 mark Wagner's birth and death years, while the legend RICHARD WAGNER curves along the bottom rim in a decorative script. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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