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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Oberammergau, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 99 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black, blue, and red on grey-green paper, with large Gothic numerals '50' flanking both left and right edges as denomination indicators. A central vignette in the lower half presents a panoramic view of Oberammergau village set against a backdrop of the Bavarian Alps, rendered in a folk-art style with a church tower and red-roofed buildings visible; a decorative scroll banner below carries the town name 'Ober Ammergau' in red Gothic lettering. The upper portion bears the title 'Gutschein über Pfennig' in Gothic blackletter script, accompanied by validity text referencing the Ammergauer Zeitung, dated 1. Juli 1921, with the Bürgermeister's facsimile signature below left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black, blue, and red on grey-green paper, with large Gothic numerals '50' at left and right flanking a central allegorical vignette of figures climbing a bare tree, rendered in a medieval woodcut style referencing the history of the Oberammergau Passion Play. The figures carry dated medallions inscribed '1634', '1734', and '1834', alluding to successive performances of the Passion Play vowed during the plague years. A scroll banner at top reads 'Wallfahrts-Dorf Ober-Ammergau' in Gothic blackletter, and a two-line inscription in red and black Gothic script runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Wallfahrts-Dorf Ober Ammergau 1634 1734 1834 Und das groß Sterben erlöscht mit der Stund des trüb Im Verlobniß |
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