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| Issuer | Braunschweigische Staatsbank |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned Notgeld note printed in letterpress, with a bold Fraktur heading 'Braunschweiger Notgeld' across the top. At centre, a circular red vignette bears the white rampant horse of Brunswick on a guilloche underprint ground; denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in large numerals to either side. The issuer name 'Braunschweigische Staatsbank' is set in large Fraktur along the lower portion, with the place and date 'Braunschweig den 1. Mai 1921' above it, and the printer's imprint 'Druckerei Appelhans, Braunschweig' at lower left alongside a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey and red with a bold rectangular central vignette illustrating the ruins of Regenstein Castle in the Harz mountains, rendered in a woodcut-style artistic composition with billowing clouds above the rocky outcrop; a heraldic shield bearing a red antler device appears at lower right within the vignette, signed 'Thulesius'. The denomination '50' is printed in black to both left and right outside the main frame, which is bordered by a red zigzag ornamental surround. The text 'BLANKENBURG I. HARZ' appears along the lower margin beneath the central scene. |
| Reverse lettering | REGENSTEIN 50 50 BLANKENBURG I. HARZ THULESIUS |
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