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2 000 000 Mark Kreis Wetzlar
| Issuer | Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Wetzlar |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the text of the emergency money obligation issued by the Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Wetzlar, promising payment of two million Mark to the bearer, dated 23 August 1923, with a note that the redemption date would be publicly announced. The text is arranged in letterpress across the face, bearing the printed facsimile authority lines of the chairman and members of the Kreisausschuss, along with the printer's imprint of Scharfes Druckereien, Wetzlar. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Wetzlar zahlt dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheines Zwei Millionen Mark Wetzlar, den 23. August 1923 Der Tag der Einlösung wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht. Der Vorsitzende des Kreisausschusses Die Mitglieder des Kreisausschusses Scharfes Druckereien Wetzlar |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed letterpress vignette of a medieval hilltop castle complex — identifiable as Burg Gleiberg or a local Wetzlar-area fortification — rendered in a fine pen-and-ink illustrative style, with multiple towers, turrets, and fortified walls rising above a treeline, and a townscape of half-timbered houses visible in the foreground below the escarpment. |
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