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10 Pfennig Ritterschaft
| Issuer | Elgersburger Ritterschaft (Bad Elgersburg, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and green on cream paper, the obverse is framed by an ornamental border with scroll-work corners, with the denomination numeral '10' repeated in the upper left and right corners. A central oval cartouche encloses a four-line prayer verse in Gothic (Fraktur) script addressed to St. Martin, followed by a redemption notice stipulating validity until 8 August 1922 and redeemability at the Bank für Thüringen A.-G. in Ilmenau; the lower portion of the cartouche carries the place-date 'Bad Elgersburg, den 8. August 1921', the issuing authority 'Elgersburger Ritterschaft', and the manuscript signature of Burggraf Kleeberg. The printer's imprint 'WILH. LEOPOLD, ILMENAU' appears below the outer frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | St. Martin, Wir bitten mit Herz und mit Hand Bewahr' vor der Feinde Haß und Wut, Vor Bruderzwist und Bürgerblut Thüringen und all' Deutsches Land. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 8. August 1922 und wird bis zu diesem Tage bei der Bank für Thüringen A.-G., Ilmenau in Thüringen, eingelöst. Bad Elgersburg, den 8. August 1921 Elgersburger Ritterschaft Der Burggraf: Kleeberg WILH. LEOPOLD, ILMENAU |
| Reverse description | Printed in black and green on cream paper, the reverse centres on a large letterpress line-engraved vignette illustrating the legend of Saint Martin of Tours, in which a mounted armoured knight on horseback leans toward a kneeling beggar amid a wooded landscape. The denomination '10 Pf.' appears in banner-style tablets at the upper left and upper right, flanking an arched issuer inscription in Gothic script across the top, while a rectangular cartouche at the foot of the vignette bears the identifying caption of the patron saint. |
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