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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Osterfeld in Westfalen |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Dark navy blue letterpress design on cream paper, with a bold geometric diamond-frame border and zigzag outer edge. A central vignette in Expressionist woodcut style presents a coal miner in working attire, standing atop mining equipment including tubs and a wheel, set against an industrial backdrop of pithead structures. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals at left and 'Pfg' at upper right, with the series letter 'A' and a red circular municipal seal of Osterfeld at lower right; a manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister runs diagonally at lower left, and the date '15. Dez. 1921' is inscribed along the lower centre border. |
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| Reverse description | Dark navy blue letterpress design on cream paper in the same Expressionist woodcut style, with matching zigzag border framing. The upper portion carries an industrial panorama of Osterfeld with factory chimneys, pit-head towers, and workers' housing. To the right, a caricature group of top-hatted bourgeois figures strides across the composition, one labelled 'Eingemeindet'; the large denomination numeral '50' in red outline stands at the left centre, with 'PFENNIG' lettered across the middle field. A four-line satirical verse in Gothic type runs across the lower register, and the printer's imprint appears at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | STADT · OSTERFELD i/W. 50 PFENNIG "OSTERFELD · IST · EINE · GANZ · FAMOSE · PFRÜNDE, DACHTEN · EINST · DIE · HERR'N · VON · OBERHAUSEN; UND · SIE · SUCHTEN · SELBSTLOS · EDLE · GRÜNDE, UM · DIE · PFRÜNDE · GIERIG · ZU · VERSCHMAUSEN GEBRÜDER JÄNECKE, DRUCK- UND VERLAGSHAUS, HANNOVER. |
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