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| Issuer | Magistrat von Katscher (Upper Silesia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette on a yellow dotted background, framed by a dark border, bearing the municipal coat of arms of Katscher — a heraldic shield with a rampant lion above a crenellated tower, flanked by crossed banners and two six-pointed stars in yellow. Below the arms appear three circular seals of the incorporated communes (Gemeinde Portlange/Nau, Gemeinde Neu-Katscher, and Gemeinde Lehn-Langenau), above the issuer inscription MAGISTRAT VON KATSCHER o/S with two manuscript signatures. The surrounding yellow annular band carries the commemorative legend ZUR EINGEMEINDUNG AM 12. OKTOBER 1921 and the redemption notice DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS ZUM 31.12.1922 BEI DER STADTKASSE EINGELÖST!, while denomination underprint values of 100 in red are repeated across all four corners of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 PF. 100 PF. ZUR EINGEMEINDUNG AM 12. OKTOBER 1921 MAGISTRAT VON KATSCHER DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS ZUM 31.12.1922 BEI DER STADTKASSE EINGELÖST! 100 PF. 100 PF. GRASS, BARTH & COMP. W. FRIEDRICH BRESLAU I |
| Reverse description | Full-width rural vignette in a fine letterpress style, showing a farmer guiding a heavy plough drawn by four horses across deeply furrowed fields, with the town of Katscher visible in the middle distance beneath radiating sunrays. A decorative cartouche at the lower centre, outlined in yellow and red, contains a four-line verse in Gothic script. The note is framed by a yellow and black ornamental border with a repeating foliate chain pattern. |
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