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5 Rentenmark
| Issuer | Deutsche Rentenbank |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the obverse is dominated by a fine guilloche underprint in rust-orange tones, overlaid with large Gothic blackletter text reading 'Fünf Rentenmark' and the issuing authority inscription. To the right, an intaglio vignette portrays the bust of a young peasant woman in three-quarter view, carrying a sheaf of grain, rendered with fine engraved line work. A red serial number and prefix letter appear at upper left and lower right, while a rectangular validation coupon bearing '5 / 1948' in red is affixed to the far right margin for the 1948 DDR currency reform. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the legal tender and anti-counterfeiting warning text in Gothic blackletter script, set within a guilloche border. A central vignette depicts agricultural motifs consistent with the Rentenmark series. The overall design is printed in dark tones on a lightly tinted paper with fine lathe-work patterning in the background. |
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The Deutsche Rentenbank's postwar 5 Rentenmark is an oddity of monetary administration — the Rentenmark had effectively ceased to function as a primary currency years earlier, but the institution continued issuing notes into the late 1940s for use specifically in the Western occupation zones pending the currency reform that arrived in June 1948. This note was rendered obsolete almost immediately upon issue, exchangeable at 10 old Rentenmark to 1 Deutsche Mark under the reform decree.
The Rosen/Grab 332a designation distinguishes a specific signature or serial variation within the type. Worth verifying against the plate letter when cataloging individual examples.