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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Brakel, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Schloss Hinnenburg castle rendered in a detailed woodcut-style illustration, surrounded by foliage, with the Gothic-script legends 'Brakel' and 'Notgeld' flanking the image at upper left and upper right respectively. Below the vignette, a caption reads 'Schloß Hinnenburg'. To the right, validity text reads 'Gültig bis zum 1. März 1922, Brakel (Kreis Höxter), den 1. Juni 1921', accompanied by a circular official stamp and a facsimile signature of Der Magistrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Brakel / Kreis Höxter / Notgeld / Schloß Hinnenburg / Gültig bis zum 1. März 1922 / Brakel (Kreis Höxter), den 1. Juni 1921 / Der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | Colourful woodcut-style vignette in blue, yellow, and red, divided into two scenes of medieval public punishment in a town square: at left, a ducking stool and iron cage beside a crowd of onlookers; at right, a masked executioner standing over a condemned man locked in a pillory. The denomination '50 Pfg' appears in bold Gothic lettering at the top centre, flanked by two scrolled cartouches bearing rhyming verses in German script. A text panel at the bottom centre reads 'Wie man in Brakel früher die Diebe bestrafte!' |
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