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5 Mark Caroline Neuber
| Issuer | State Mint of the German Democratic Republic (Münze der DDR) |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 5 Mark (5 DDM) |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of the German Democratic Republic — a hammer and compass encircled by a wreath of rye — is prominently displayed in the centre of the field. The mint mark 'A' appears above the emblem. The circular legend 'DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK' runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination numeral '5' is rendered in large format in the lower field, flanked by the date '1985' to the left and the word 'MARK' to the right. |
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| Mintage | 1985 A - - 51,825 1985 A - Proof - 4,000 |
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Caroline Neuber — actress, playwright, and theatrical reformer — was selected for this issue on the 300th anniversary of her birth. She spent much of her career in direct conflict with Johann Christoph Gottsched, the Leipzig professor whose dramaturgical theories she had championed and then publicly repudiated in 1741 in a staged allegorical piece that essentially ended their collaboration in the most theatrical way possible.
The GDR minted a consistent series of commemorative 5-Mark pieces celebrating German cultural figures the state wished to claim as socialist heritage. Neuber, as a working-class professional woman who challenged male academic authority, fit the ideological brief neatly.