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| Issuer | Stadt Wesel (City of Wesel) |
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| Year | 1919-1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Light teal wavy-line underprint on white paper, enclosed by a decorative dark border of stylised foliate scrollwork with denomination numerals '50' at each corner. To the left, a red letterpress vignette of the Wesel Rathaus (town hall) with the caption 'RATHAUS' above. To the right, the issuer legend in blackletter Gothic script occupies the upper field, with the denomination rendered as a large '50' within a bold hexagonal cartouche printed in red and dark ink; the year '1920' appears to the right of the cartouche, flanked by the text 'AUSGESTELLT' and 'DER BÜRGERMEISTER' with a manuscript facsimile signature below. |
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| Reverse description | Light teal wavy-line underprint within the same foliate scroll border, denomination '50' repeated at each corner. To the left, the heraldic arms of Wesel are rendered in red letterpress: a red shield charged with three running weasels and a white escutcheon, surmounted by a crenellated mural crown in black. To the right, the denomination '50' appears within a red octagonal cartouche flanked by the word 'PFENNIG' on each side, with ornamental scroll flourishes above and below; a redemption notice in blackletter script runs across the lower field. |
| Reverse lettering | STADT WESEL PFENNIG 50 PFENNIG DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON DEN STÄDT. KASSEN BIS ZUM 30.SEPT. 1923 EINGELÖST. |
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