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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Schutzverband für Handel und Gewerbe Wittenberge |
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| Size | 105 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the denomination numeral flanking the city coat of arms of Wittenberge at centre, with a serial number in the upper right corner. The note is printed by offset letterpress and bears extensive text in German Gothic script detailing the issuing body, the historical note that Wittenberge was first documented as a town in 1265, and the conditions of validity. The printer's imprint of Gebr. Parcus München appears in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a detailed offset vignette of the Wittenberge Lyceum (secondary school building), rendered in a fine illustrative style with trees and a landscaped forecourt in the foreground and a clouded sky behind. The word LYCEUM appears in a black cartouche at upper left. A bold black banner along the lower margin carries the denomination 50 Pf. flanking the town name WITTENBERGE in large red Gothic lettering, all within a decorative geometric border frame. |
| Reverse lettering | Lyceum 50 pf. Wittenberge 50 pf. (Translation: Lyceum 50 Pfennig Wittenberge 50 Pfennig) |
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