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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Großbreitenbach (City of Großbreitenbach, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-toned notgeld note with the town name 'Großbreitenbach in Thüringen' rendered in large red Gothic (Fraktur) script across the upper portion, surmounted by the inscription 'Notgeld der Stadt' in smaller lettering. The central vignette presents the town's heraldic coat of arms — a shield bearing a locksmith's padlock and crossed keys — flanked by two decorative cornucopiae overflowing with fruit and foliage, with the town church tower rising behind the shield. The denomination '25 Pf' appears in large red numerals to the left of the arms, with a validity clause in small Gothic script at upper left and the issuance date 'Großbreitenbach, den 20. Aug. 1921' with two manuscript signatures at upper right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two horizontal registers against a warm buff ground with bold red denomination numerals '25' and 'Pf' flanking the left and right margins. The upper register contains a six-line verse in Gothic script narrating the legend of a travelling journeyman craftsman who, in gratitude for hospitality, fashioned an intricate lock that became the town's heraldic emblem; flanking this text are two vignettes — at left a figure of a medieval craftsman at work, at right a standing journeyman — with the town coat of arms and a representation of crossed keys centred below the verse. The lower register presents a genre scene of a craftsman seated at his workbench being served by a woman in traditional dress, rendered in a finely detailed multicolour woodcut-style illustration; the printer's imprint 'Druck: Carl O. Heyder, Gehren' appears at the lower left margin and the designer's monogram 'P. Neu' at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | In alter Zeit kam müd und matt Ein Handwerksbursch in unsere Stadt Zum Dank für Gastfreundschaft u. Pflege Bracht er ein kunstreich Schloß zuwege, Das heut noch führt in seinem Schild Großbreitenbach als Wappenbild 25 Pf DRUCK CARLO HEYDER GEHREN P. NEU |
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