Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Porträt des deutschen Theologen und Reformators Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Fünf Mähdrescher und ein LKW bei der Getreideernte.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Portrait of the German theolo­gian and protestant reformer Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Five combine harvesters and a truck harvesting cereals.

B301a

Dated 1975. Serial number with wide digits .
No signatures. Portrait of T. Müntzer as watermark. Solid 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.

B301b

Dated 1975. Serial number with narrow digits .
No signatures. Portrait of T. Müntzer as watermark. Solid 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

B301a-R

Dated 1975. Serial number with wide digits . First prefix letter Y.
No signatures. Portrait of T. Müntzer as watermark. Solid security thread. Two red horizontal 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both have a double letter prefix beginning with the letter Y and digits of the same size. Printed by VEB Wert­papier­druckerei Leipzig, Germany.

Remarks

Introduced on 18. September 1979. Withdrawn on 1. July 1990.

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-27); Banknote Book (B301)]