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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bitterfeld |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a large central vignette, printed in brown and black, of a robed allegorical female figure blowing a long trumpet, set against a radiant sunburst sky with an industrial cityscape silhouette in the background, flanked by gnarled trees. The denomination '50 PF' appears in bold white numerals at lower left and lower right corners, while the lower panel contains the issue date 'Ausgabe: 1. Dezember 1921', the serial number, two manuscript signatures, and the validity notice 'Verfällt 1 Mon. n. Aufruf'. The header inscription 'GUTSCHEIN DER STADT BITTERFELD' is set in a ruled decorative band across the top, with the printer's imprint 'C. Schröter, Leipzig' below the frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER STADT BITTERFELD 50 PF Ausgabe: 1. Dezember 1921. Der Magistrat: Verfällt 1 Mon. n. Aufruf. C. Schröter, Leipzig |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a detailed vignette of an underground coal mine (Tiefbau) with timber-shored galleries, ore wagons on tracks, and miners at work in a cross-hatched brown and black composition. Corner ornaments and a decorative border frame the scene, with 'Bild 2' noted at upper left and a decorative device at upper right. The lower panel carries a statistical legend regarding Germany's total brown coal output for 1920. |
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