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100 Mark Stadtsparkasse
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 100 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Printed silk note on a cream ground with a scalloped red-trimmed textile border, issued to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the city of Bielefeld on 15 July 1921. The central composition is an expressionist vignette divided by the large denomination '100 MARK', with a stylised cityscape of Bielefeld with towers and figures to the left, and a fantastical nocturnal scene at right labelled 'WUCHER' and 'GELDNOT' with allegorical demonic and human forms. Two facsimile signatures of Stadtrat officials appear below the denomination, while satirical and historical inscriptions in German text bands run along all four edges, with the printer's imprint at the base. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is worked entirely in embroidered thread on a dark navy-black silk ground, enclosed by a bold zigzag border in red, gold, and blue running along all edges. At centre, a heraldic lion's head in profile is rendered in gold thread within a red circular medallion, representing the civic emblem of Bielefeld, flanked by two large stylised bird or eagle figures in blue thread. The denomination '100 M' appears in gold stitching at upper left and upper right, with the issuer's name in flowing gold cursive script arching above and below the central device. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 M Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld |
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