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5 Mark der DDR 1975

Issuer: Staatsbank der DDR

Date: 1975

Measures: 11 cm * 5 cm

Find out more about the historic background of the period in which this banknote was issued.

The front side shows a portrait of Thomas Müntzer. Thomas Müntzer (1489/90 - 1525) was a preacher of reformation and a leader in the Peasant's War (1525) during which he was beheaded.
The watermark repeats his portrait.

Back side of the note:

Agricultural scene: a fleet of combine harvesters on a field.

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