20 Deutsche Mark
© Deutsche Bundesbank
Features
| Issuer |
Federal Republic of Germany
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Deutsche Bundesbank |
| Period |
Federal Republic (1949-date)
|
| Type | Emergency banknotes |
| Year | 1960 |
| Value | 20 Deutsche Mark 20 DEM = USD 12 |
| Currency | Deutsche Mark (1948-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Intaglio, Letterpress |
| Issued | Never issued |
| Number | N# 579531 |
Series: BBK II
Obverse
Engraved portrait of Elsbeth Tucher (painted 1499) by Albrecht Dürer with an abstract guilloche composition with intersecting geometric forms
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
Banknote
ZWANZIG 20
DEUTSCHE MARK
DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK
FRANKFURT AM MAIN 1. JULI 1960
Translation:
Banknote
Twenty 20
German Mark
German Bundesbank
Frankfurt am Main July 1, 1960
Designer: Max Bittrof
Reverse
Abstract guilloche composition with intersecting geometric forms and the federal eagle emblem.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK
Banknote
20
ZWANZIG DM
DEUTSCHE MARK
20
Zwanzig Deutsche Mark Zwanzig Deutsche Mark Zwanzig Deutsche Mark
WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT
ODER VERFÄLSCHT
ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE
SICH VERSCHAFFT
UND IN VERKEHR BRINGT,
WIRD MIT ZUCHTHAUS
NICHT UNTER ZWEI JAHREN
BESTRAFT
Translation:
DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK
Banknote
20
TWENTY DM
GERMAN MARK
20
Twenty German Marks Twenty German Marks Twenty German Marks
WHOEVER COUNTERFEITS
OR FALSIFIES BANKNOTES
OR ACQUIRES COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFIED
BANKNOTES
AND PUTS THEM INTO CIRCULATION,
SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH PENAL SERVITUDE
OF NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS
Designer: Max Bittrof
Watermark
Engraved portrait of Elsbeth Tucher (painted 1499) by Albrecht Dürer
© Deutsche Bundesbank
Signatures
| Karl Blessing (KB) | President of the Bundesbank |
|
| Heinrich Troeger (HT) | Vice-President of the Bundesbank |
|
Printer
Bundesdruckerei (Reichsdruckerei), Berlin, Germany (1879-date)Comments
The BBk II series was a secret emergency banknote issue prepared by the Deutsche Bundesbank during the Cold War. The notes were designed as replacement currency for use in the event of war, large-scale counterfeiting or a disruption of the monetary system, but they were never officially circulated.
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| Date | Signatures | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1960-Jun-01 | KB, HT | 199 980 000 | |||||||||||||
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