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200 Deutsche Mark 1996

Issuer: Deutsche Bundesbank Frankfurt/Main

Date: 2. January 1993

Measures: 16 cm * 7.5 cm

Signatures: Tietmeyer, Gaddum

The 1996 issue of this bill has improved security features - most visible the hologram on the front.

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

The front side shows a portrait of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915). He was a German professor of medicine, who developed several new drug and researched cancer. In 1908 he received the Nobel Prize.
The water mark repeats the portrait from the frontside of the note.

Back side of the note:

Shows a microscope. This magnifying instrument takes up the theme from the frontside of the note, insofar as it is heavily used by medical researchers.

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