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20 Mark
| Issuer | Kämmereikaße der Stadt Altenburg (City of Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 20 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note on buff paper, with a rope-twist decorative border enclosing the entire design. A detailed intaglio vignette of the Altenburg city tower (Roten Spitzen) occupies the left margin. The denomination 'Zwanzig Mark' is rendered in large Gothic Fraktur script at centre-top beneath the heading 'Gutschein-', with an ornate calligraphic flourish intertwined with the text. Three manuscript signatures appear below the issuing authority lines, accompanied by a circular blue municipal cancellation stamp, with the validity inscription 'Gültig im Bezirk der Stadt Altenburg S.-A.' along the lower margin and the numeral '20' at each lower corner. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress on buff paper with a fine dashed inner border. The header 'Kriegsgeld Stadt Altenburg' is set in bold Gothic blackletter across a dark panel at the top. Below, a lengthy German text block states the conditions of demonetization, followed by the red-printed serial number prefix and numeral at centre. A panoramic vignette of Altenburg Castle (Schloss Altenburg) with its characteristic towers and surrounding townscape fills the central field. The lower portion carries a counterfeiting warning text in Fraktur script, flanked by the denomination numeral '20 M' in dark panels at each lower corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Kriegsgeld Stadt Altenburg Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nachdem im amtlichen Teile des S.-Altenburgischen Amts- u. Nachrichtsblattes die Außerverkehrsetzung der Gutscheine der Stadt Altenburg vom Ministerium A.d. Innern verfügt worden ist. Wer Gutscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft. 20 M |
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