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| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Köben a.O. |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note with a central panoramic vignette of Köben a.O. framed by two ornamental cartouches, each containing local scenic vignettes, flanked by reclining putti at upper left and right. Above the central vignette, the municipal coat of arms with crossed tools is displayed, supported by decorative scrollwork, while a Goethe quotation runs across the middle of the composition. The lower portion carries the payment text in Gothic script, the date '24. Dezember 1920,' a circular Magistrat seal, and two manuscript signatures, with the denomination numeral '10' appearing in guilloche rosettes at each upper corner. |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress note dominated by a large panoramic vignette of the Köben a.O. townscape as seen from the river, with church steeples and period architecture rendered in fine line engraving style. Below the townscape, the municipal coat of arms — showing a tower gateway motif — is set within an elaborate cartouche of foliate scrollwork. The denomination 'Pfennig' is inscribed in Gothic script across the top, flanked by the numerals '10' in guilloche corner medallions, while the printer's imprint appears at the very foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 Pfennig 10 Notgeld der Stadt Köben a/o. FLEMMING - WISKOTT A.-G. GLOGAU. |
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