| Issuer | Mosbach, City of |
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | 20 000 000 000 Mark (20 000 000 000) |
| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 147 × 100 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The Mosbach coat of arms (eagle in shield with smaller shield at its centre) in the top right corner with wavy and dotted border all around the text. There is a yellow-brown coloured town scene in the background, showing old-fashioned buildings and perhaps the city hall. The seal of the city is visible, although partly faded, in purple in the bottom left corner. |
| Reverse description | Sketch of the Götzenburg (now known as the Burg Hornberg) near Neckarzimmern and Mosbach, home of the von Berchlingen family. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Complex geometric pattern, including crosses and wavy plus signs. |
| Obverse lettering | DIESER SCHEIN HAT VOLLEN WERT,
FÜR IHN BÜRGT DIE MICHELHERD
(MICHELHERD IST DER MOSBACHER STADTWALD).
20 000 000 000 MARK
ZWANZIG MILLIARDEN
ZAHLT DIE STADTKASSE MOSBACH DEM EINLIEFERER DIESES SCHEINES
NACH VORHERIGEM AUFRUF IN DEN HIESIGEN BLÄTTERN.
MOSBACH, DEN 25. OKTOBER 1923.
DER GEMEINDERAT.
[SIGNATURE]
NUR GILTIG MIT DEM STADTSIEGEL. (Translation: This note has full value, guaranteed by the Michelherd (Michelherd is the city forest of Mosbach). 20 000 000 000 Marks Twenty Billion The city treasury will pay the deliverer of this note after previous calling in the local papers. Mosbach, 25th October 1923. The local council. Only valid with the city seal.) |
| Reverse lettering | STAMMBUCHVERS FÜR VIELE.
(FREI NACH GOETHE).
MUSZT DU MIT BÖSEN MENSCHEN RINGEN,
DANN MACH`S WIE GÖTZ VON BERLICHINGEN!
DIE GÖTZENBURG
BEI NECKARZIMMERN
AMT MOSBACH
SCHLAG NACH DEM GRUß DAS FENSTER ZU
UND SUCH BEI ARBEIT FRIED UND RUH!
PROBATUM EST.
R.M.C. (Translation: [?] for many. (free according to Goethe). If you have to struggle with evil people, then do like Götz von Berlichingen! The Göztenburg by Neckarzimmern District of Mosbach After the greeting, slam the window shut and seek peace and quiet at work!) |
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| Catalog ID | 2152672430 |
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