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| Issuer | Stadt Kappeln (City of Kappeln) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted notgeld with a dotted-border frame enclosing a central polychrome municipal coat of arms divided into nine quarters, each bearing a local heraldic symbol including a heart-and-anchor, crescent-and-star, lion, and fish, supported by a draped female allegorical figure at top center between the split legend 'GUT- SCHEIN'. Denomination panels marked 'FÜNFZIG' at upper left and 'PFENNIG' at upper right flank the central composition, while validity notices in standard German (left) and Low German dialect (right) fill the lateral text blocks. The date 'KAPPELN, den 6. Juli 1920' appears at lower left alongside the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister, with countersignatures of the Stadtverordneten-Kollegium at lower right and a red serial number at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUT- SCHEIN FÜNFZIG PFENNIG 50 Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach öffentlicher Bekanntmachung im Schleiboben KAPPELN, den 6. Juli 1920 Bürgermeister Düsse Gutschin verleert sin Güldigkei en Mand na de öffentliche Bekanntmakung in de Sliebot DAS Stadtverordneten Kollegium |
| Reverse description | Yellow and grey-toned reverse with four corner denomination cartouches each reading '50 PFENNIG', flanked on both sides by ornamental vignette panels with decorative marine and civic emblems. The central composition presents a large lithographic scene of fishermen hauling nets on the shore of the Schlei fjord, with a detailed panoramic view of Kappeln's townscape and church spire across the water in the background. The legend 'GUTSCHEIN' appears at top center and 'KAPPELN' along the lower border within the framing band. |
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