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1 Not Goldmark - Bielefeld
| Issuer | City of Bielefeld |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 Not-Goldmark |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust portrait of Michel — the archetypal German folk figure — rendered in bold relief, wearing a traditional nightcap. The name legend arcs around the upper field in Gothic Fraktur blackletter: MICHEL UNBESIEGT ABER BETROGEN (Michel undefeated but betrayed). Below the portrait, in the lower field, the denomination NOT GOLDMARK appears in large Fraktur script, referencing the emergency currency context of the hyperinflationary period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Michel unbesiegt aber betrogen NOT GOLDMARK |
| Reverse description | Two seated figures face one another in a vigorous allegorical scene: on the left, a muscular blacksmith in working attire leans forward in earnest discussion, and on the right, a hunched, wizened figure representing Poincaré gestures in reply — a direct political commentary on French reparations demands. Between the figures, a tablet bears the inscription SCHMIED VON BIELEFELD / SIRACH 38 VERS 28 and additional text. The circular legend around the field reads in Fraktur: EINIG UND GLEICH EIN VOLK EIN REICH, while STADT BIELEFELD arcs prominently along the lower border. The date 1923 appears in the lower right field. |
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