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| Issuer | City of Bamberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green and black on cream paper, centred on a radiating sunburst underprint from which a large five-pointed star emerges at the apex. A symmetrical central vignette presents a stylised tree flanked by oak-leaf branches, with four circular medallions across the upper register each enclosing guild or craft symbols. The denomination «Eine Million Mark» is set in bold Fraktur blackletter across the lower centre, below which the issue place and date «Bamberg, Aug. 1923» appear alongside a facsimile signature over the titles «Stadtrat: Oberbürgermeister» and «Geheimer Rat», with a red serial number and an embossed city seal at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper, dominated by a central oval vignette containing a detailed line-art view of a grand Baroque public building in Bamberg, identifiable by its ornate portal, staircase, and fountain forecourt. The denomination «Mark 1.000.000» appears in bold type on both the left and right flanks of the vignette, with the issuer inscription split as «Gutschein der» and «Stadt Bamberg» respectively. A patriotic aphorism in two lines runs across the upper register, while redemption conditions and validity notices are set in smaller text at the lower left and lower right corners. |
| Reverse lettering | NIEDERLAGEN * ERLEIDEN * AUCH * HELDEN * VERHARREN IN DER NIEDERLAGE IST SCHWÄCHLINGEN EIGEN. MARK 1.000.000 GUTSCHEIN DER MARK 1.000.000 STADT BAMBERG DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD IN BAMBERG BEI ALLEN STADT-U.STAATSKASSEN ANGENOMMEN. GÜLTIGKEIT BIS 30.NOV.1923. MIT DEM 31.MAI 1924 ERLISCHT JEDER ANSPRUCH AUS DIESEM GUTSCHEIN. |
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