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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Artern (City of Artern) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into two registers: the upper half carries a central oval vignette with a black silhouette portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, flanked on either side by woodcut-style views of historic half-timbered buildings labelled 'Zur Krone' and 'Goethehaus', all beneath a decorative scroll banner. The lower register presents multiple columns of German verse text commemorating Goethe's ancestral connection to Artern, alongside the date '1921' and the denomination '50 Pfennige' in large numerals at lower left and right, with the issuing authority 'Artern i. Thüringen' and two facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Beigeordneter below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Göthegeld von Artern Zum Gedächtnis der Goetheahnen Zur Krone Goethehaus Goethe 1921 Gültig bis Sylvester 1921 Artern i. Thüringen 50 Pfennige |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a single large central vignette in a woodcut or engraving style, showing two female figures in a rural garden or courtyard setting, one kneeling and working at a low surface while the other is seated nearby, with a wooden fence and foliage visible in the background and a male figure observing from a distance. The vignette is enclosed within a bold decorative border of stylised acanthus leaves and thistle-like floral motifs in green and dark red, set against a cream field, with no denomination text on this side. |
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