Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Porträt des deutschen Gesellschaftstheoretikers Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Ölraffinerie in Schwedt/Oder.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Portrait of the German political theorist Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Oil refinery in the town of Schwedt/­Oder.

B304a

Dated 1971. Serial number with wide digits .
No signatures. Portrait of F. Engels 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.

B304b

Dated 1971. Serial number with narrow digits .
No signatures. Portrait of F. Engels 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

B304b-R

Dated 1971. Serial number with narrow digits . First prefix letter Z.
No signatures. Portrait of F. Engels as watermark. Solid 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. June 1973. Withdrawn on 1.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-30); Banknote Book (B304)]