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20 Marks Brandenburg Gate
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Size | 148 × 63 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio vignette of the Brandenburg Gate to the right, with the Berlin city coat of arms (black bear on white field) set within a multicolour guilloche rosette at centre. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large dark blue figures at lower left, flanked by an ornate spirograph guilloche rosette, with coloured lattice borders running along the edges. Date '22.12.1989' and the facsimile signature of Kaminsky are printed below the issuer name. The legend 'BRANDENBURGER TOR' and the disclaimer 'SONDERDRUCK, KEIN GESETZLICHES ZAHLUNGSMITTEL' appear in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZWANZIG MARK STAATSBANK DER DDR 22.12.1989 KAMINSKY BRANDENBURGER TOR SONDERDRUCK, KEIN GESETZLICHES ZAHLUNGSMITTEL (Translation: TWENTY MARK STATE BANK OF THE GDR 22.12.1989 KAMINSKY BRANDENBURG GATE SPECIAL PRINT, NOT LEGAL TENDER) |
| Reverse description | Detailed intaglio vignette of the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate at left, rendered in dark brown against a pale guilloche underprint in teal and red. A frieze with classical relief figures runs along the base of the attic. To the right, commemorative text is set within a multicolour guilloche background, flanked by the East German state emblem (hammer and compass within a wreath) in a circular cartouche at upper right. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large red figures at lower centre-right, above the printer's imprint. |
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