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50 Pfennig Bargteheide, Gauturnfest
| Issuer | Sparkasse Bargteheide |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a pale olive-green underprint, the obverse centres on a large circular vignette enclosing a gymnast performing a handstand on a pedestal, set against a radiating sunburst background with a landscape in the lower portion. The denomination '50 Pf' appears in bold letterpress at upper right and lower left corners, with 'GUT' at upper left and 'HEIL' at lower right. Motivational verses in German gothic script flank the central vignette on either side, and a three-line redemption notice in italic script runs along the lower margin, with the printer's imprint 'JOHANN HINRICH MEYER, HAMBURG 8.' beneath the border. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on a pale olive-green underprint, the reverse presents an oval vignette enclosed by a decorative scroll border, containing a detailed letterpress view of the Bargteheide village church with its pointed steeple surrounded by mature trees. The denomination '50 PFG' appears in large bold numerals at lower left and lower right. A Low German verse in quotation marks runs along the bottom margin below the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Wechselschein zum Gauturnfest des Travegaues, 2.-3. Juli 1921 in Bargteheide. 50 PFG "Op'n Karkhoff an de Kark vörbi, dor is dat nachts so grugeli, Grossmudder ment, dat spökert dor, - dor spökert blot en Liebespor" |
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