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1 Mark Landkreis Bochum
| Issuer | Landkreis Bochum (Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Bochum) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vertical panels printed in black, red, and grey tones. The central panel bears a heraldic shield in black and red with the numeral '1' and the abbreviation 'Mk.' in red, encircled by a radiating arrangement of ribbon banners naming the constituent communes of the Landkreis (Langendreer, Weitmar, Altenbochum, Harpen, Stockum, Eichborn, Bergen, Düren, Dadenhorst, Günnigfeld, Werne, Gerthe, Hordel, Kiemke, and others), with the circular legend 'LANDKREIS · BOCHUM · LANDKREIS' surrounding the shield. The left and right panels contain detailed woodcut-style vignettes of industrial mining structures — headframes and pit buildings characteristic of the Ruhr coalfield — executed in a bold expressionist graphic manner. Below the central composition, a Gothic-script text block sets out the redemption conditions, dated 'Bochum, 1. November 1921', with a green rectangular ink stamp and a black serial number at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | LANDKREIS · BOCHUM · LANDKREIS LANGENDREER WEITMAR ALTENBOCHUM WERNE HARPEN GERTHE STOCKUM HORDEL EICHBORN KIEMKE BERGEN DÜREN DADENHORST GÜNNIGFELD 1 Mk. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach öffentlicher Bekanntmachung. Er wird bei der Kreiskommunalkasse und den Amts-Gemeinde- und Sparkassen des Kreises eingelöst. Der Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Bochum Bochum, 1. November 1921 F.A. GIMMERTHAL LANGENDREER |
| Reverse description | The reverse is oriented vertically and printed in black, red, and sepia tones. The upper portion carries a bold Gothic-lettered denomination panel reading '1 Mark 1' in red against a decorative guilloche-pattern background, framed by a double-rule border with red lateral rules. The central vignette, rendered in a vigorous woodcut technique, shows four miners seen from behind, dressed in working clothes and helmets, standing in a group — an evocative Ruhr industrial scene. Below, within a red-ruled cartouche, a four-line humorous verse in Gothic blackletter script pays tribute to the coalminers of the region. |
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