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| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Gresten (Market Town of Gresten) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark violet on cream paper, the obverse is divided into two vertical panels within a decorative border. The left panel contains a vignette of a rural chapel with a steep pointed steeple set among trees, enclosed within a rounded frame flanked by ornamental scrollwork and surmounted by the numeral '50'. The right panel bears the issuer's name 'Marktgemeinde Gresten' in Gothic script at the top, followed by 'Notgeld' within a decorative cartouche, the denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' in large blackletter script, and a liability clause reading 'Die Marktgemeinde Gresten haftet für die Verbindlichkeit dieses Scheines mit ihrem ganzen Vermögen.' Three signature lines for the Bürgermeister, Bürgermeister-Stellvertreter, and Zahlmeister appear at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Marktgemeinde Gresten Notgeld Fünfzig Heller Die Marktgemeinde Gresten haftet für die Verbindlichkeit dieses Scheines mit ihrem ganzen Vermögen. der Bürgermeister: Bürgerm.-Stellv.: Zahlmeister: |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark violet on cream paper, the reverse is framed by a plain double-line border enclosing a central decorative composition. A scrolled ribbon banner at the top carries the inscription 'Marktgemeinde Gresten.' in Gothic script. The central vignette presents the town's heraldic shield, showing a crowned figure flanked by two fortified towers, with the denomination numeral '50' and 'Heller' rendered in large bold type on both the left and right sides of the shield. Below the vignette, an anti-counterfeiting warning and the validity date are printed in two lines. |
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