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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Monschau (City of Monschau) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and sage green on cream paper, with a bold Gothic blackletter header reading 'Gutschein der Stadt Monschau' within a tinted band at the top. Two large arabesque-framed diamond vignettes at left and right each bear the numeral '25' in white relief against a dark ground, flanking a central hexagonal cartouche with the validity notice and the issuing date 'Monschau, 1.7.21.' followed by the mayor's title and signature. The lower tinted band carries the denomination spelled out in Gothic script as 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennige', and the designer's name 'Lütkens' appears discreetly at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a multicolour lithographic panoramic vignette of the town of Monschau, rendered in an Art Nouveau illustrative style with slate-roofed burgher houses, church spires, and the medieval hilltop castle ruin set against wooded hillsides. Vertical side panels bear repeated text underprints reading 'MONSCHAU' and '25'. A two-line verse in Gothic script runs below the vignette, with the header 'Gutschein der 25 Stadt Monschau' inscribed at the top incorporating a circular medallion with the numeral '25'. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Monschau 25 Ein Bollwerk trutzig fest und stark Ragt stolz die Burg auf Bergeshöh'n. Mög' sie hier an des Reiches Mark Das Auferstehn der Heimat sehn. MONSCHAU |
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