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20 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Breslau (City of Breslau) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 20 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note with an elaborate interlaced guilloche border enclosing the entire face. The issuer name "Stadt Breslau" appears in Gothic blackletter script at upper left, with a red serif serial number at upper right and series letter "D" flanking the centre. The denomination "Zwanzig Mark" is set in large Gothic display type across the centre, above a fine rosette guilloche underprint, with the date and authorising legend "Der Magistrat" below, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Breslau / Gutschein über / Zwanzig Mark / Breslau, den 29. Oktober 1918 / Der Magistrat / Dieser Gutschein wird von der Stadthauptkasse in Breslau bis zum Ablauf des 25. Januar 1919 eingelöst. Er verliert nach diesem Tage seine Gültigkeit / Grass, Barth & Comp. (W. Friedrich) Breslau |
| Reverse description | Printed in violet-brown on a lightly lined background, the reverse centres on an oval vignette framed by a rope guilloche border, containing a detailed view of the Breslau Rathaus (City Hall) with its Gothic towers and surrounding market square. The denomination "Zwanzig Mark" appears in Gothic script at the top, with the numeral "20" at upper left and a second "20" at upper right. Two diamond-shaped city arms cartouches anchor the lower corners, and the issuer name "Stadt Breslau" is set in Roman type at the foot. |
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