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100 Mark
| Issuer | Deutsche Notenbank |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Reference(s) | P#26 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Karl Marx in three-quarter view occupies the right half of the note, his name captioned below in small lettering. The centre carries large letterpress denomination inscriptions "BANKNOTE HUNDERT MARK" with the numeral "100" set over a multicolour guilloche underprint, flanked by intricate lozenge-pattern side panels. The issuing authority and date "DER DEUTSCHEN NOTENBANK DDR BERLIN 1964" appear below the denomination, with a two-letter prefix and serial number printed in red at upper left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Brandenburg Gate, rendered in blue-grey tones, dominates the upper portion of the reverse, with the DDR state emblem — hammer and compass within a wreath — positioned in the upper right corner. Below the gate, the large letterpress inscription "HUNDERT MARK" is flanked to the left by a guilloche cartouche bearing the numeral "100". A two-line counterfeiting warning legend runs beneath the denomination across the full width of the note. |
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The Deutsche Notenbank was the East German state bank that replaced the Deutsche Emissions- und Girobank in 1954, functioning under direct Soviet-zone financial controls. This 1964 issue came during a period of relative currency stabilization in the DDR, following the 1961 construction of the Berlin Wall, which finally allowed East German authorities to enforce hard separation between the two German monetary systems — something the open border had made practically impossible for over a decade.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility handled DDR note production throughout this period, the western parent firm's East German operations running entirely separately from its Munich work.