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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Sigmaringen (City of Sigmaringen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Buchdruckerei W. Pelz, Sigmaringen |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a detailed letterpress vignette of Sigmaringen Castle perched on its rocky promontory, surrounded by wooded hills, with the city's quartered black-and-white heraldic shield in the lower left. A large circular guilloche medallion at centre right bears the bold numeral '50', flanked by the denomination inscription '50 Pfennig' in Gothic blackletter type. The olive-toned underprint is composed of a repeating lozenge pattern bearing the denomination '50', and the date 'Sigmaringen, den 1. Aug. 1920' appears at the lower centre alongside a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a densely composed historical genre scene in black letterpress, portraying a jester or town crier holding court before a gathered crowd of townsfolk and musicians, with a column and archway forming the architectural backdrop. At centre bottom, a circular seal inscribed 'NOTGELD DER STADT SIGMARINGEN' encloses the city's arms with a leaping stag. A multi-line stanza of Swabian dialect verse is set in small type across the upper portion of the note above the vignette, and the denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in bold Gothic type at the upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | „Winscht hot unser Ländle io heimgsucht der Schwed, Das Koiner het Luscht meh zum Heirata g'hett, Der Gricht ders probiert hot in selbiger Zeit, Don hot ma vor Freud um den Brunna zum trait. Doch heut y'Tag isch umkehrt, do hot mancher Bua d'Luscht wohl und y'Mädle – kei Geld doch dazua, Kai Wohnung, nix yessa, – 's isch – schlimmer als wie nach dem Schweda-Krieg." NOTGELD DER STADT SIGMARINGEN 50 Pfennig |
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