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| Issuer | Gemeinde Köstendorf (Municipality of Köstendorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10 Hellers (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown letterpress Notgeld note with a decorative guilloche border of fine dotted and striped lines enclosing the entire design. A central oval vignette in brown illustrates a rural church tower amid trees and rocky terrain. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large brown type within oval cartouches to the left and right of the central vignette, set against a green diamond-shaped underprint with floral ornaments. The issuer's name 'Gemeinde Köstendorf' is inscribed in Gothic script across the upper field, with the place name and date 'Köstendorf, Juli 1920' and the anti-counterfeiting warning 'Nachahmung strafbar.' along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Green and brown letterpress note with a double-ruled rectangular border and an inner ornamental frame of scrollwork enclosing a central oval cartouche. Within the cartouche, the text sets out the redemption terms in German Gothic script, flanked on either side by the numeral '10' in brown. Below the cartouche, the facsimile signature of the Gemeindevorsteher (mayor) 'Seb. Fuchs' is printed in brown, with his title beneath. The printer's imprint 'E. & S. Moller' appears in small type at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Köstendorf 10 Dieser Gutschein wird bis zum 1 Oktober 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst u. haftet die Gemeinde für die Einlösung mit ihrem Aktiv-Vermögen. (G.-R.-B. vom 25. Mai 1920.) Seb. Fuchs Gemeindevorsteher. |
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