DDR COMMUNIST E GERMANY! RARE GEM UNCIRC 1975 100M BILL w KARL MARX! Retail $100

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COMMUNIST EAST GERMAN 100 MARK BILL featuring BOLD KARL MARX PORTRAIT!! XXX-RARE GEM UNCIRCULATED EXAMPLE !!! OUR REGULAR RETAIL PRICE: $100.00! BUY NOW at $37.49 ! SAVE 67.5% !! This remarkable, rare and original piece of currency was issued by the State Bank of the then Communist Nation of East Germany 36 years ago! It was printed in the Soviet Union for the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or the German Democratic Republic), its most coveted satellite since World War II, using high quality and very intricate multi-color engraving ( many mesmerizing shades of blue with pink and lavender highlights !!). This is the one and ONLY Russian-printed banknote with the image of the patron saint of Communism, and the very namesake of Marxism, Karl Marx !!!!! Appropriately, Karl Marx was born in what became Communist East Germany 100 years after his birth!! Its historic value cannot be underestimated. The bank note is obsolete. The country that issued it is obsolete. Even the Government that printed it (USSR) is gone!! This high denomination 100 Mark note represented a substantial sum of money at the time. In fact, it is the HIGHEST DENOMINATION vignetted East German Bank Note from 1948 to 1985. This note is very rare in the offered grade - FLAWLESS BANK FRESH GEM UNCIRCULATED , yet drastically undervlaued. Just imagine a Gem CU U.S. $100 bill dated 1975 being offered for $29.95!! And this was printed in vastly smaller numbers because few East Germans had occasion or need to carry 100 Mark bills. The front of the bill features a mesmerizing portrait of the patron saint of socialism, Karl Marx (he also appears as a secret watermark in the blank area at the left!). No other nation before or since has memorialized Marx on its currency , which makes this note a highly prized political and numismatic collectible! The back features a street scene in downtown East Berlin circa 1975. Note the dearth of private automobiles but the ubiquitousness of State-run busses!! The condition of this note remains ambsolutely impeccable. Not one fold, split, wrinkle, tear, bump, hole, pinhole, penmark or other distraction - a 36 Year Old Communist Virgin!!! Collector Value: $100 (our regular retail price). Starts at $37.49. SAVE 70% !!! Serial number may vary. Add this historical gem to your collection today. They're not making any more of them and there's nowhere for it to go in value but up, up and away!! For 1500 more unique antique selections, please browse our ebay store. Combine any items to minimuze shipping. Thanks for visiting Collect-a-thon, comrade. Karl Marx, 1818-1883 The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces, the more his production increases in power and range. The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates. With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion to the devaluation of the world of men. Labour produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as a commodity -- and does so in the proportion in which it produces commodities generally. Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts (1844)The philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary, Karl Marx, is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. Although he was largely ignored by scholars in his own lifetime, his social, economic and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death in 1883. Until quite recently almost half the population of the world lived under regimes that claim to be Marxist. This very success, however, has meant that the original ideas of Marx have often been modified and his meanings adapted to a great variety of political circumstances. In addition, the fact that Marx delayed publication of many of his writings meant that is been only recently that scholars had the opportunity to appreciate Marx's intelle... read more

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