150th birthday of Karl Marx, 20 mark coin 1968, GDR

A 20-mark commemorative coin was issued in the GDR for the 150th birthday of Karl Marx in 1968. The coin weighs 20.9 g and is 33 mm in diameter. It was minted from 800 silver in the minting quality uncirculated.

Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) was not only a philosopher but also a political economist, social theorist, political journalist and critic of bourgeois society. He was the founder of Marxism. Together with Friedrich Engels, he was one of the most influential theorists of socialism and communism.