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2 Marks MIAMA, Mitteldeutsche Ausstellung für Siedelung Sozialfürsorge und Arbeit Magdeburg 1922
| Issuer | City of Magdeburg (Notgeld), Prussian Province of Saxony |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 2 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in blue, black and red depicting a stylised flower with a large red bloom at its crown, enclosing a blue letter 'M' — the MIAMA exhibition emblem. The radiating leaves of the flower bear the six exhibition themes in black letterpress: SIEDELUNG, SOZIALFÜRSORGE, ARBEITSWESEN, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT, VERKEHRSWESEN, and KOMMUNALWIRTSCHAFT. Vertical side panels in blue and red carry the denomination '2 M' in ornamental cartouches; narrow lateral text columns give the redemption conditions in German. A lower inscription panel reads 'MIAMA 1922 MAGDEBURG DAS DIREKTORIUM' with two manuscript signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette executed in a deep blue nocturnal palette, portraying the burning skyline of Magdeburg during the sack of 10 May 1631, with flames rendered in red and orange rising above the silhouetted cathedral towers and reflected on the River Elbe below; small sailing vessels appear on the river in the foreground. At upper centre, the heraldic shield of Magdeburg — a fortified tower in red on a white field — is enclosed within a laurel wreath. Vertical side panels repeat the '2 M' denomination cartouches and carry flanking historical commentary in German; small city-arms vignettes appear at the foot of each lateral column. A lower caption panel identifies the scene in two lines of letterpress text. |
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| Signature(s) | Carl Miller and A. Bieger |
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