Bettina von Arnim
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Bettina von Arnim was a German writer, composer, and novelist.
Bettina von Arnim as drawn by Ludwig Emil Grimm during the first decade of the 19th century
Deutsche Mark
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The Deutsche Mark, abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark", was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990, and then unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English,
Bettina von Arnim
…Her relationship with Goethe featured in Milan Kundera's 1990 novel Immortality. From 1991 until 31 December 2001, her portrait was on the German 5-Deutsche Mark bill. Her friendship with Robert Schumann featured in Andrew Crumey's 2004 novel Mobius Dick. She is also mentioned in Crumey's 2023 novel Beethoven's…
Obverse view of the 2001 special gold issue of the DM1 coin
One Deutsche Mark (1948), first series, Allied military issue
The penalty for counterfeiting and forgery of banknotes (imprisonment at least two years) appeared on the upper right corner of the reverse of all third series banknotes. Note this is the post-1970 variant, featuring "Freiheitsstrafe" ("imprisonment") instead of "Zuchthaus" (roughly "hard labour prison").
Banknote mit dem Nominalwert 10 Deutsche Mark, Wertseite, ausgegeben 1980