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5 Deutsche Mark

Issuer Deutsche Bundesbank
Year 1991
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Value 5 Deutsche Mark (5 DEM)
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Obverse description Central vignette of Bettina von Arnim (born Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano), rendered in intaglio as a portrait bust facing three-quarters left. To the right, a horn alludes to the celebrated anthology "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", co-published by her brother Clemens von Brentano and her husband Achim von Arnim. The denomination and issuer inscription appear in letterpress across the upper and lower margins against a multicoloured guilloche underprint.
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Reverse description The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is rendered as the central intaglio vignette, presented in a classical engraved style with fine line detail. A passage from Bettina von Arnim's epistolary work "Briefwechsel mit einem Kinde" (her correspondence with Goethe) appears in script alongside the gate image. The denomination inscription and ornamental guilloche underprint complete the design.
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