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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Goldap |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Hans Philipp |
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| Obverse description | Printed on orange-buff paper in a bold Art Nouveau letterpress style, the obverse carries the town name GOLDAP OSTPR. and the legend NOTGELD 1921 in large decorative Gothic lettering across the upper portion. The denomination numeral 25 appears in large ornamental figures at left and right, beneath which PFENNIG is inscribed, flanking a central vignette of the Goldap civic arms — an eagle displayed on a quartered shield with oak-leaf sprays in green — set against a pale green horizontal band. Validity and redemption notices are placed in the upper lateral panels, with two manuscript signatures of the Magistrat below and the designer credit ENTW: ARCH. HANS PHILIPP at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on the same orange-buff stock and enclosed within a zigzag-edged decorative border, with GOLDAPER and NOTGELD running vertically along the left and right margins respectively. A central vignette rendered in a linear illustration style presents a winter street scene of Alt-Goldap, showing snow-covered low buildings receding toward a stout church tower in the background, captioned ALT ★ GOLDAP above the image. The denomination 25 FÜNF U. ZWANZIG P. 25 is lettered in large display type along the top, with the monogram HJP 21 at lower right identifying the illustrator. |
| Reverse lettering | 25 FÜNF U. ZWANZIG P. 25 GOLDAPER NOTGELD ALT ★ GOLDAP |
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