This is one of those stirring, very well detailed and engraved vignettes that makes an impression - very important in banknote design and in the effort to thwart counterfeiting:
This note was first issued beginning in 1990, but was updated in 1996 with enhanced security features. The vignette on the note is of Clara Schumann(1819-1896) a composer, pianist, and wife of composer Robert Schumann. In an era when males were the main breadwinners in families, Clara Schumann actually became the main source of income for her large family with her husband and seven surviving children. Even great composer Johannes Brahms admired her works and collaborated with her on several of her works. This fantastic note with it's lovely engraved vignette of Clara Schumann was designed by Reinhold Gerstetter, working with Bundesdruckerie - the German Federal currency printer.
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