前: 3rd Coat of arms (1955-1990) above (面值) 20
铭文: (国名) DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK
(low-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(lower-left, year) 1979
(lower-right, currency) MARK
背面: Scene image of Nathan the Wise between Saladin
and a templar in front of two palm trees
a play published by writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1779
在中间 (top, life years) 1729-1781
(below, name) GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM / LESSING
边缘: PiT - Plain with incuse text:
20 MARK * 20 MARK * 20 MARK * 20 MARK *
