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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Lehesten (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a detailed letterpress panoramic view of Lehesten town set against a forested Thuringian hillside. Denomination panels reading '50 Pfennig' in bold black and red appear at upper left and right corners against dark green grounds, flanked by a diamond-pattern border. Below the vignette, a text cartouche in green underprint bears the issuing authority inscription in Gothic script, with the municipal coat of arms at lower left and a miner's crossed-hammer emblem at lower right; a serial number is printed in the lower panel, and validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1921' appears vertically on both side margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pfennig Gold und Silber lieb ich sehr · Könnt es gut gebrauchen. Notgeld der Bergstadt u. Sommerfrische Lehesten im Thüringerwald im Juni 1921. Bürgermeisteramt: Obenaus. GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1921 MERZDORF & FROSCH, SAALFELD a.S. |
| Reverse description | Central vignette in fine letterpress engraving of the historic 'Dreiwappenstein' (three-coat-of-arms boundary stone), dated '14 OCTOB' and '1777', set within a woodland scene. An oval medallion of the Thüringerwald-Verein appears at upper left, and a circular seal of the Hohe Schrei Plankensteiner (Schmücke, 1896) at lower left. A four-line verse in German occupies the upper panel, with a descriptive caption in Gothic script below the vignette; the whole is enclosed within the same diamond-pattern border as the obverse, with the series number '9' printed at lower left margin. |
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