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50 Pfennig Goethe and Schiller Series - Schiller, Red Issue

Issuer Stadt Weimar (City of Weimar)
Year 1921
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Currency Mark (1914-1924)
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in black and red on plain paper, divided into three vertical panels by a ruled border. The central panel contains a large circular vignette with a red ground, bearing a finely engraved bust portrait of Friedrich Schiller in three-quarter face. Flanking panels carry the denomination "50 PFENNIG" in bold red letterpress at left and right. The lower margin bears the issue date, serial number, issuing authority inscriptions, and two manuscript signatures, with the printer's imprint "DIETSCH & BRÜCKNER, WEIMAR" at the foot.
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Reverse description The reverse is printed in black and red in a dense allegorical composition. Two nude male figures, bound in chains, emerge from swirling clouds at the left and right margins against a dark background with red flame motifs. At centre, a circular red-outlined medallion encloses a four-line quotation from Schiller's "Ode to Joy" in red letterpress, flanked below by two crossed swords. A small artist's signature appears in the lower right corner.
Reverse lettering UNSER SCHULDBUCH SEI VERNICHTET!
AUSGESOHNT DIE GANZE WELT!
BRÜDER – ÜBERM STERNENZELT
RICHTET GOTT, WIE WIR GERICHTET.
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