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50 Pfennig

Issuer Stadt Rinteln (City of Rinteln)
Year 1920-1921
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Value 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50)
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Obverse description Green-tinted note with a blue and red double-line border enclosing the central vignette of the Münchhausen archive pavilion (Archivhäuschen von Münchhausen) in Rinteln an der Weser, rendered in a detailed colour lithograph. The denomination numeral '50' is printed in large blue figures at the top centre, flanked by the issuer's name 'Stadt Rinteln' in red script lettering, while the legend 'Gut für Fünfzig Pfennig' runs vertically along the left margin. Below the vignette, a cartouche bearing the caption 'Archivhäuschen von Münchhausen in Rinteln a/d.Ws.' precedes the validity clause and date 'Rinteln, im August 1920', with two manuscript signatures of the municipal authorities at the foot; the designer credit 'ENTW. RUDOLF HILLEBRECHT' appears in the bottom margin.
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Reverse description Multicolour lithograph reverse centred on a caricature vignette of Baron von Münchhausen in 18th-century costume, dressed in a red coat and tricorn hat, riding a cannonball through the air above a panoramic view of the fortified town of Rinteln on the Weser dated 1646, with cannonballs scattered across a pale blue sky. The denomination numeral '50' appears in blue within a yellow shield cartouche at the top centre, flanked by a two-part German aphorism in Gothic script. A scroll banner at the base carries the caption 'Festung Rinteln a. d. Weser im Jahre 1646', and the printer's imprint 'EDLER & KRISCHE HANNOVER' is printed in the bottom margin.
Reverse lettering Wer selbst sich hilft in höchster Not, den kriegt die ganze Welt nicht tot.
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Festung Rinteln a. d. Weser im Jahre 1646
EDLER & KRISCHE HANNOVER
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