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| Issuer | Stadt Aken an der Elbe (City of Aken on the Elbe) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red, green, and black on cream paper, with a bold red outer border enclosing vertical-line side panels. At the top, the issuer's name 'Stadt-Aken/Elbe' is rendered in large Gothic blackletter script. The central vignette consists of a circular seal medallion on a light blue ground, showing a robed bishop standing between two crenellated towers and flanked by heraldic shields, with a Latin legend running around the circumference. To the lower left is a validity clause in German Gothic script, and to the lower right the issue date 'Aken, i. Oktober 1921' with a manuscript signature above the legend 'Der Magistrat:'; a serial number appears beneath the central medallion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt-Aken/Elbe SIGNETVM BVRGENSIS ECCLESIAE MAGDEBVRGENSIS FIDELIS AQVENSIS Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 3 Monate nach Bekanntmachung. Aken, i. Oktober 1921. Der Magistrat: No. |
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| Reverse lettering | Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig 25 Von Karl d. Großen gegründet, von Albrecht d. Bären erbaut, Dies Bild hier aber verkündet, was jetzt der Wanderer schaut. |
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