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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Höchst am Main (City of Höchst am Main) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on cream-toned paper with a red guilloche underprint repeating 'STADT HÖCHST' and '1917' across the entire field. At left, a rectangular vignette enclosed in an ornate baroque cartouche presents the city coat of arms of Höchst — a spoked wheel — surmounted by foliage and flanked by scrollwork, with the inscription 'STADT HÖCHST AM MAIN 1917' beneath. To the right, the denomination '50 PFENNIG' is set in bold Gothic type below the heading 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER', with a red-printed serial number panel at centre, a three-paragraph redemption clause in German script, the place and date 'HÖCHST a.MAIN, den 1.Juni 1917', and two manuscript signatures under the authority line 'Der Magistrat'. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the reverse centres on a large heraldic vignette in which two putti support the Höchst municipal shield — bearing the characteristic spoked wheel — set within an elaborate acanthus and fruit garland in a baroque engraving style. A fine guilloche lattice underprint covers the entire field, interspersed with repeated 'STADT HÖCHSTA/M. 1917' letterpress legends. The bold numeral '50' appears in large outline type at both the left and right margins, flanking the central vignette. |
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| Protection description | Repetitive red guilloche underprint on obverse bearing 'STADT HÖCHST' and '1917'; repetitive green guilloche lattice underprint on reverse bearing 'STADT HÖCHSTA/M. 1917' |
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