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20 Pfennige
| Issuer | Stadt Bodenwerder (City of Bodenwerder), Prussian Province of Hanover |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Gg. Bodey, Bodenwerder |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion bears the issuer's name in Gothic blackletter script across the full width. The central field is divided into three panels: two octagonal vignettes at left and right, each enclosing a blue numeral '20' surmounted by a winged allegorical figure, flank a central octagonal panel with fine horizontal-line underprint bearing the denomination legend in Gothic script. Below, a ruled text band carries the redemption clause, date of issue, issuing authority, and a manuscript signature; printer and designer credits appear in the lower margins. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is arranged in a grid composition with a large central rectangular vignette in blue tones illustrating Baron Münchhausen on horseback rearing above a swamp, referencing the famous tall tale of self-extraction by one's own pigtail. Flanking the central scene are two ornate cartouches with scrollwork borders, the left bearing the town's heraldic shield with a castle motif and the right a second armorial device. Header panels carry date references 'Anno 1287' and '1720–1920' with the legend 'Hieronymus v. Münchhausen Abenteuer'. Bold blue numerals '20' appear at the lower left and right corners, and a four-line verse in Gothic script occupies the lower centre panel. |
| Reverse lettering | Anno 1287 Hieronymus v. Münchhausen Abenteuer 1720–1920 Ich ziehe aus dem Sumpf heraus Mich kühn bei meinem Zopf So kommt Du aus der Kleingeldnot Hältst Du nur hoch den Kopf |
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