Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik im Unterdruck; Porträt des deutschen Naturforschers Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic in underprint; Portrait of the German naturist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Humboldt University in Berlin.

B218a

Dated 1964. First letter prefix other than Z.
No signatures. Coat of arms (hammer and compass) as watermark. No security thread. Two red horizontal 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both have a double letter prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by VEB Wertpapierdruckerei Leipzig, Germany.

Replacement notes

B218a-R

Dated 1964. First letter prefix Z.
No signatures. Coat of arms (hammer and compass) as watermark. No security thread. Two red horizontal 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both have a double letter prefix beginning with the letter Z and digits of the same size. Printed by VEB Wertpapierdruckerei Leipzig, Germany.

Remarks

Introduced on 1. August 1964. Withdrawn on 1. January 1983.

The bold text at the beginning of the description of every variety indicates those elements, which are necessary to identify the correct variety (if any) without any doubt. The date or the remark Not dated is always given.
[Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (P-22); Banknote Book (B218)]