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20 Marks Brandenburg Gate
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Currency | Mark (1948-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZWANZIG MARK STAATSBANK DER DDR 22.12.1989 KAMINSKY BRANDENBURGER TOR SONDERDRUCK, KEIN GESETZLICHES ZAHLUNGSMITTEL (Translation: TWENTY MARK STATE BANK OF THE GDR 22.12.1989 KAMINSKY BRANDENBURG GATE SPECIAL PRINT, NOT LEGAL TENDER) |
| Reverse description | Detailed intaglio vignette of the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate at left, rendered in dark brown against a pale guilloche underprint in teal and red. A frieze with classical relief figures runs along the base of the attic. To the right, commemorative text is set within a multicolour guilloche background, flanked by the East German state emblem (hammer and compass within a wreath) in a circular cartouche at upper right. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large red figures at lower centre-right, above the printer's imprint. |
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| Signature(s) | Kaminsky |
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