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25 Pfennig

Issuer Stadt Hameln (City of Hamelin)
Year 1918
Type Local banknote
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Obverse lettering Gutschein der Stadt Hameln 25 Pfennig
Dieser Gutschein wird von unserer Kämmereikasse eingelöst. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Ankündigung in den Hamelner Ortsblättern.
Hameln, den 1. Juli 1918 Nr. 281 Der Magistrat
Reverse description The reverse carries a woodcut-style vignette in dark brown illustrating the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin: at left, a cloaked piper strides through flowering vegetation while playing his pipe, and at centre-right a procession of children follows beneath a banner bearing the Hameln arms. The denomination numeral '25' in red occupies each corner, and two lines of Middle Low German verse in Gothic blackletter, referencing the events of 26 June 1284, are inscribed above and below the central scene.
Reverse lettering Anno 1284 Am Dage Johannis et Pauli war der 26 Junii
Dorch einen Piper mit allerley Farve bekledet
Gewesen CXXX Kinder verledet binnen Hamelen geborn
to Calvarie bi den Koppen verloren
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