Catalog
| Issuer | Männer-Turnverein Bremen (M.T.V.B.) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress vignette in blue, yellow, and black, executed in an Expressionist woodcut style. A male gymnast in athletic attire strides forward with arms outstretched along a stylised yellow track framed by sweeping curved lines and foliate scrollwork against a blue sky ground. The denomination '1 MK.' is set in bold block letters at upper left and upper right; the issuer legend 'M.T.V. 1875. BREMEN.' runs across the top register, with the validity clause 'GÜLTIG BIS 1 MONAT NACH BEKANNTGABE IM KREISBLATT' below, the whole enclosed by a perforated zigzag border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 M.T.V. 1875. BREMEN. 100 GÜLTIG BIS 1MONAT NACH BE- KANNTGABE IM KREISBLATT 1 MK. G. HUNCKEL BREMEN |
| Reverse description | Letterpress vignette in green, yellow, and black, rendered in a bold Expressionist woodcut manner. To the left, a stacked group of animals — dog, cat, and cockerel — alludes to the Bremen Town Musicians, set against lush green foliage; to the right stands a stylised yellow cottage with a pitched roof and a street lamp above. The denomination '1 MK.' appears twice in the upper register flanking the central voucher inscription, the composition enclosed throughout by a perforated zigzag border. |
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