Vorderseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Porträt des deutschen Gesell­schafts­theoretikers Karl Marx (1818-1883).
Rückseite: Staatswappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik; Straßenszene aus Ost­berlin mit dem Palast der Republik und dem Berliner Fernsehturm im Hintergrund.

Front side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Portrait of the German political theorist Karl Marx (1818-1883).
Back side: Coat of arms of the German Democratic Republic; Street scene in East Berlin with the Palace of the Republic and the communication tower in the background.

B305a

Dated 1975. Serial number with wide digits .
No signatures. Portrait of K. Marx 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.

B305b

Dated 1975. Serial number with narrow digits .
No signatures. Portrait of K. Marx 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

B305a-R

Dated 1975. Serial number with wide digits . First prefix letter Z.
No signatures. Portrait of K. Marx 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 2. October 1978. Withdrawn on 1.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-31); Banknote Book (B305)]