Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik im Unterdruck; Porträt des deutschen Gesellschaftstheoretikers Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Drei Mähdrescher bei der Getreideernte.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic in underprint; Portrait of the German political theorist Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Three combine harvesters on a field harvesting cereals.

B221a

Dated 1964. First prefix letter other than Z.
No signatures. Portrait of F. Engels as watermark. No security thread. Two red horizontal 7-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

B221a-R

Dated 1964. First prefix letter Z.
No signatures. Portrait of F. Engels as watermark. No security thread. Two red horizontal 7-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 Withdrawn on 1.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-25); Banknote Book (B221)]