| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Year | 1960-1980 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Deutsche Mark (500 DEM) |
| Currency | Deutsche Mark (1948-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 170 × 85 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Bundesdruckerei (Reichsdruckerei), Berlin, Germany (1879-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Hermann Eidenbenz |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 30 June 1995 |
| Reference(s) | P#23 |
| Obverse description | Brown-lilacc on muticlour underprint. Male portrait by Hans zu Schwaz looking left |
| Reverse description | Eltz Castle with German Coat of Arms right |
| Signature(s) | Karl Blessing, Heinrich Troeger, Karl Klasen, Otmar Emminger, Karl Otto Pöhl, Karl Otto Pöhl, Helmut Schlesinger, |
| Protection type | |
| Protection description | |
| Obverse lettering | FÜNFHUNDERT
DEUTSCHE
MARK
500 Banknote 500
FÜNFHUNDERD
DEUTSCHE MARK
500 DEUTSCHE
BUNDESBANK
Frankfurt am Main
1. Juni 1977
500 500 (Translation: Fife hundred German Mark German Federal Bank) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500
FÜNFHUNDERT
DEUTSCHE
MARK
500
BM
500 · BURG ELTZ · 500
WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT
ODER VERFÄLSCHT
ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE
SICH VERSCHAFFT
UND IN VERKEHR BRINGT,
WIRD MIT FREIHEITSSTRAFE
NICHT UNTER ZWEI JAHREN
BESTRAFT
500 (Translation: Five hundred German Mark Whoever counterfeits or falsifies banknotes or procures and puts into circulation counterfeit or falsified banknotes shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of no less than two years.) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 6596181320 |
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