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5 Mark
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Size | 112 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Thomas Müntzer, the 16th-century German radical theologian and revolutionary, occupies the right half of the note, with his name lettered beneath; the GDR national emblem — hammer and compass within a wreath of rye — appears in the upper left quadrant alongside the red serial number. The denomination is rendered in large bold lettering across the centre against a multicolour guilloche underprint of concentric lathe-work rosettes in blue, green, and orange. A geometric guilloche border band runs along the lower edge, incorporating the numeral 5 at both corners. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette portrays a combine harvester at work in a grain field, rendered in intaglio line engraving against a pale guilloche underprint with vertical colour-line security tinting in red and blue. The GDR national emblem is positioned to the upper left, accompanied by a multicolour guilloche rosette. The denomination inscription and numeral 5 appear in the lower register within a panelled guilloche band. |
| Reverse lettering | WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE SICH VERSCHAFFT/UM SIE IN VERKEHR ZU BRINGEN/WIRD BESTRAFT FÜNF MARK DER DEUTSCHEN DEMOKRATISCHEN REPUBLIK (Translation: Anyone who counterfeits or falsifies banknotes, or acquires counterfeited or falsified banknotes in order to put them into circulation, will be punished / Five Mark / of the German Democratic Republic) |
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