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50 Pfennig Humboldt Series - Issue 1
| Issuer | Municipality of Schwarzburg, Thuringia |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | Eduard Giltsch, Jena, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Blue-ground note with a large central vignette of a double-headed eagle rendered in bold black letterpress, its wings spread wide against the light field. Vertical border panels at left and right each carry an ornamental sword motif in yellow-green against a geometric Art Nouveau lattice pattern. The denomination numeral '50' appears in yellow at lower left and lower right corners, with the issuance date, place of issue, and the manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorstand set in Gothic script across the lower panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld von Schwarzburg im Thür. Wald Gültig bis 31. August 1922 Schwarzburg 1. März 1922 Der Gemeindevorstand |
| Reverse description | Blue-ground note with a central panoramic vignette in dark tones portraying a dense Thuringian forest scene with tall conifers, a winding path, and rocky outcroppings rendered in an expressive woodcut-like style. Flanking the central scene at left and right are naturalistic vignettes of individual fir trees in green and brown against a blue sky. The lower panel carries the denomination '50 Pfennig' in red at each corner enclosing a three-line verse in Gothic script, with the printer's imprint 'Druck: Eduard Giltsch-Jena' below the lower border. |
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