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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Butzbach (City of Butzbach) |
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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 printed in black, ochre, and red on cream paper. At upper left, an oval portrait vignette in dark intaglio-style engraving shows Landgraf Phillipp von Butzbach in period costume with ruff collar, set within decorative scroll cartouche and captioned below. To the right, a large illustrated scroll unfurls bearing a facsimile of a historical charter, annotated with the text referencing the grant of town rights by Ludwig von Bayern on 10 August 1321; at upper right the denomination '50 Pfennig' is printed in bold Gothic lettering alongside the inscription '600 jähriges Stadtjubiläum 1321–1921'. A red wax seal vignette appears at centre below the scroll, and the date 'Butzbach, den 6. Mai 1921' together with the Mayor's facsimile signature appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black, blue, ochre, and red on cream paper. The central vignette, captioned '14. Jahrhundert', presents a split panoramic view: on the left, the Hexenturm (Witches' Tower) of Butzbach set among trees, and on the right, the Griedeler Tor (Griedel Gate) with its distinctive tower and arched gateway. The left border carries a hexagonal panel with the numeral '50' in blue and a small scene of an agricultural worker, flanked by a fruit-laden branch captioned 'Der Segen der Wetterau'; the right border mirrors this with a coloured hexagonal panel bearing the Butzbach civic arms and a scene of a craftsman at a well, also captioned 'Der Segen der Wetterau'. The serial number in a cartouche at the base is prefixed 'No.' in bold black letterpress. |
| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig 14. Jahrhundert Butzbach, Hexenturm Griedeler Tor in Butzbach Der Segen der Wetterau No G10414 |
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