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20 Mark
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 20 Mark (20 DDM) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to the left of centre, accompanied by the national emblem of the German Democratic Republic. The denomination and issuing authority appear in the surrounding text, with the year 1975 inscribed below the portrait. |
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| Variants | P#29a - 6 digit serial # wide numerals P#29b - 7 digit serial # narrow numerals |
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The Staatsbank der DDR issued this note as part of the 1971–1985 series that progressively replaced the transitional "Deutsche Notenbank" issues still bearing West-compatible denominations. East German currency reform was as much a political act as a monetary one — by the mid-1970s, the regime was actively suppressing any institutional parity between the Ostmark and the Deutschmark, despite the unofficial street rate suggesting otherwise.
Pick 29 is the second signature variety of the 20 Mark denomination within the series. Worth distinguishing from the near-identical P#28, which carries different Staatsbank officer signatures and commands different collector interest.