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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Artern (Gemeinde Artern) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is centered on an oval vignette containing a black silhouette bust portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, captioned 'Goethe' in script below, flanked by letterpress vignettes of two historic Artern buildings — the inn 'Zur Krone' on the left and the 'Goethehaus' on the right — all set against a dark decorative border with floral and geometric ornamental elements. The denomination '50 Pfennige' appears in bold numerals within dark cartouches at lower left and lower right. Text panels in German Gothic script fill the lower portion with verse inscriptions commemorating Goethe's ancestral connections to Artern, with the validity clause 'Gültig bis Sylvester 1921' and the issuing authority 'Artern i. Thüringen' above two facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Beigeordneter, accompanied by the municipal seal. |
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| Obverse lettering | Göthegeld von Artern Zum Gedächtnis der Goetheahnen 1921 Zu Hermann und der Dorothea fand er in Artern die Idee; Und wie die Handlung ist geschehn Möcht man in Kamberg Bilder sehn. Gültig bis Sylvester 1921 Artern i. Thüringen Bürgermeister Beigeordneter 50 Pfennige |
| Reverse description | The reverse is enclosed within a broad decorative border of stylised acanthus leaves and thistle-like floral rosettes in green and red tones, framing a central rectangular vignette executed in fine letterpress line engraving. The vignette illustrates a pastoral scene with two figures — a young man and a woman — seated beneath a windswept tree in a harvest landscape with sheaves of grain, evoking the idyllic rural atmosphere of Goethe's 'Hermann und Dorothea.' |
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