Head of Karl Marx National emblem of the German Democratic Republic Serial number appears in red at upper left and left of portrait.
Reverse description
East Berlin street scene including the Zeughaus, Palace of the Republic, TV broadcast tower, and Rathaus. National emblem of the German Democratic Republic at left.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of Karl Marx
Obverse lettering
STAATSBANK DER DDR
HUNDERT
MARK
DER
DEUTSCHEN
DEMOKRATISCHEN
REPUBLIK
(year)
KARL MARX (Translation: State Bank of the GDR One Hundred Marks of the German Democratic Republic Karl Marx (bottom right, small print below portrait))
Reverse lettering
WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER
VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE SICH VERSCHAFT / UM
SIE IN VERKEHR ZU BRINGEN / WIRD BESTRAFFT.
HUNDERT MARK DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK (Translation: Whosoever copies or falsifies banknotes or who acquires copied or falsified banknotes in order to put them into circulation will be punished. One Hundred Marks of the German Democratic Republic)