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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Xanten, Domverein (Cathedral Association) |
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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 divided into three vertical panels in a colourful letterpress design. The central vignette, signed by artist Heinz Schiestl, presents a detailed view of Xanten Cathedral (St. Viktor Dom) with its twin Gothic spires rising against a clouded sky. To the left stands a vignette of Saint Victor in bishop's robes holding a cross, above a heraldic shield bearing a blue cross; to the right stands Saint Helena with a halo, above a second heraldic shield. The denomination 'FÜNFZIG' and 'PFENNIG' appear in bold red letterpress at the lower left and right respectively, with the title legend 'Domschein der Siegfriedstadt Xanten' arching across the top in Gothic blackletter script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a bold woodcut style in dark brown-black and ochre-yellow tones. The central octagonal vignette presents a dramatic silhouette of Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie figure from Germanic legend, rendered as a dynamic black silhouette of a warrior on horseback amid swirling flames, with the inscription 'BRÜNNHILDE' below. Flanking side panels carry smaller landscape vignettes in grey tones evoking a castle and turbulent waters, while the denomination '50' appears in stylised ochre cartouches at each of the four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | BRÜNNHILDE 50 |
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