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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Spar- und Leihkasse der Landgemeinde Helgoland |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Helgoland coat of arms — a green and red quartered shield bearing a haloed saint holding a staff and a lamb — framed by an ornate wreath of foliage with small fish motifs at the corners. The denomination '20 Pf.' appears in red at upper left and upper right, with the written value 'Zwanzig Pfennig' in decorative script along the lower margin. Text panels in both the Helgoland Frisian dialect (left) and German (right) flank the central arms, the right panel identifying the issuing institution and validity on the island of Helgoland; two manuscript signatures appear below the left text block. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of a young woman in traditional Helgoland dress, rendered in a dark brown intaglio-style portrait set within a wreath of stylised seaweed and oak leaves. Large red numeral '20' panels appear to the left and right, each set against a green botanical underprint within rope-bordered frames. The issuer name 'Insel Helgoland' is inscribed in bold decorative script below the portrait vignette, with the denomination rendered in Gothic script ('Pfenig' / 'Pening') at the lower left and right. The serial number and date 'im April 1921' are printed in red at the lower centre, with the printer's imprint 'DRUCH: A.SCHWARZ LINDENBERG ALLGÄU' at the lower right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 Insel Helgoland Pfenig Pening im April 1921 DRUCH: A.SCHWARZ LINDENBERG ALLGÄU |
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