Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik im Unterdruck; Porträt des deutschen Dichters Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Rückseite: Das deutsche Nationaltheater in Weimar; Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic in underprint; Portrait of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Back side: The German National Theatre in Weimar; Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic.

B220a

Dated 1964. First prefix letter other than Z.
No signatures. Portrait of J.W. von Goethe 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

B220a-R

Dated 1964. First prefix letter Z.
No signatures. Portrait of J.W. von Goethe 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 Withdrawn on 1.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-24); Banknote Book (B220)]