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| Issuer | Gemeinde Abtenau (Municipality of Abtenau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette, rendered in woodcut style, presents a standing bishop saint in full vestments holding a crozier, set within a lined underprint enclosed by a red rectangular border. Two flanking ribbon scrolls carry the inscriptions 'Gutschein' and the municipal coat of arms at left, and 'Gemeinde' with the date 1920 alongside a crossed-keys heraldic shield at right. The denomination '50 Heller' in Gothic script appears at upper left and upper right, with a bold Gothic lettering banner reading 'ABTENAU' across the lower portion and the designer's name 'HUTTER' printed in small type below the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | A central rectangular vignette, framed by a decorative letterpress border, presents a panoramic landscape of Abtenau with the church spire in the foreground and the Alpine peaks of the Tennengebirge massif rising behind, printed in brown. Ribbon scrolls in the upper corners bear 'Gemeinde' at left and 'Abtenau Heller' at right, with the numeral '50' repeated at lower left and lower right outside the frame. A curved text banner below the vignette carries the redemption clause in German Gothic script, affirming that the note is redeemable in lawful currency by the municipality of Abtenau until 31 December 1920. |
| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde 50 Abtenau Heller 50 50 dieser Gutschein wird bis 31 Dezember 1920 von der Gemeinde Abtenau in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst Nichtannahme d. Gutscheines strafbar |
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