Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Porträt des deutschen Dichters Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Eine Gruppe Schüler verlässt ein Schulgebäude.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Portrait of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; A group of children leaving a school building.

B303a

Dated 1975. 6-digit serial number.
No signatures. Portrait of J.W. von Goethe 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.

B303b

Dated 1975. 7-digit serial number.
No signatures. Portrait of J.W. von Goethe as watermark. Solid 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

B303a-R

Dated 1975. 6-digit serial number. First prefix letter Y.
No signatures. Portrait of J.W. von Goethe 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 15. January 1976. Withdrawn on 1.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-29); Banknote Book (B303)]