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25 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse zu Lilienthal |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue-grey note printed in letterpress, with a central vignette of a celestial globe, stacked books, crossed telescopes, and foliate sprays rendered in yellow and green, flanked by large blackletter numerals '25' at left and right. The issuer's name 'Die Sparkasse zu Lilienthal i.H.' runs in ornate blackletter script across the upper margin, with 'Notgeld' at lower left and 'Mündelsicher' at lower right. A text panel at the base carries the issue date 'Lilienthal, den 15. Mai 1921', a serial number, and two manuscript signatures above the legend 'Der Vorstand', while a border text legend encircles the entire face. |
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| Reverse description | Blue-grey reverse centred on an engraved oval portrait medallion of Johann Hieronymus Schroeter in right-facing profile, set within a decorative frame with foliate swags. Flanking the central medallion are two square panels on terracotta grounds, each bearing a black silhouette profile portrait — captioned 'Bessel' to the left and 'Harding' to the right — with blackletter denomination numerals '25' at the lower corners. A caption beneath the central medallion reads 'Johann Hieronymus Schroeter / Ober Amtmann zu Lilienthal / von 1782–1816', with the collective legend '· DIE LILIENTHALER ASTRONOMEN ·' below and the printer's imprint 'Casten & Suhling Bremen' at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Bessel Harding Johann Hieronymus Schroeter Ober Amtmann zu Lilienthal von 1782–1816 · DIE LILIENTHALER ASTRONOMEN · CASTEN & SUHLING BREMEN 25 25 |
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