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200 Deutsche Mark
| Issuer | Deutsche Bundesbank |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 200 Deutsche Mark (200 DEM) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of physician and Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich in three-quarter view to the right, accompanied by a stylized molecular model of Salvarsan, the syphilis chemotherapy agent he developed; historical Frankfurt am Main architecture forms the background vignette. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions are rendered in intaglio, with fine guilloche underprint in blue and green tones throughout the face. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a period optical microscope, surrounded by abstracted graphical representations of microorganisms and cellular structures in the background underprint. An Asclepius staff and a stylized laboratory retort appear in the lower right, referencing Ehrlich's scientific legacy, with the denomination inscription in intaglio across the lower portion of the note. |
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The 200 Mark denomination had been absent from West German currency since the early postwar period, and its reintroduction with this 1989 series reflected the Bundesbank's response to inflation eroding the practical ceiling of the 100 Mark note. The series as a whole — designed by Reinhold Gerstetter — was the last major West German issue before reunification rendered a redesign politically inevitable; the 1989 series was subsequently adapted and extended for the unified Germany.
Pick 42 is notably scarcer in circulation grades than its face value might suggest. The 200 Mark slot was never heavily used by the public, who tended to jump between the 100 and 500 denominations.