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50 Pfennig Fire Series
| Issuer | City of Wasungen (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green notgeld note with black border, denomination '50' at left and 'Pf.' at right in large white Gothic lettering. A central cartouche reproduces an archival document in Old German script headed 'Von gottes gena,' framed by ornate floral guilloche surrounds. A red wax seal impression of the city arms appears at lower right, flanked by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Reverse description | Green note with black border, denomination '50' and 'Pf.' in white Gothic type at upper corners. A large central oval vignette, set within a gilt-toned frame, presents a dramatic pen-and-ink scene of fire-ravaged buildings and smoking rubble rendered in black and reddish tones. A verse in Gothic script encircles the vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Pf. Leergebrannt ist die Stätte • Wilder Stürme rauhes Bette • In den öden Fensterhöhlen • • Wohnt das Grauen |
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