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25 Pfennig Millennial Series - Issue 2: Müntzer
| Issuer | Allstedt (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Green-grey toned Notgeld note with a red border frame. The left half carries a woodcut-style vignette of Thomas Müntzer, rendered in half-length portrait within an arched gateway, holding an open book, with a landscape and mounted figure visible in the background. Below the portrait runs a Latin caption identifying the subject. The right half bears the denomination "25 Pf" alongside a circular red wax-seal vignette, the issuing authority inscription in Gothic script, and a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister dated Allstedt, 1 October 1921. The header inscription "DIE TAUSENDJÄHRIGE STADT" is set in bold red Gothic lettering across the full width of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Sepia-toned reverse enclosed within a dark decorative border with a geometric repeating pattern. The central vignette, signed by artist Arno Grimm, presents a panoramic scene of Thomas Müntzer preaching from the cathedral tower of Allstedt in 1525 to an assembled crowd of peasants below, with the town's church and surrounding buildings rendered in a period illustrative style. The city's heraldic shield appears in the lower right corner of the composition. An explanatory inscription in Gothic script occupies the upper left of the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Thomas Münzer predigt 1525 vor versammeltem Bauernvolk vom Domturm aus die Gütergemeinschaft Arno Grimm |
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