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50 Pfennig Stadtsparkasse, R
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Red, blue, and white note with a central diamond-shaped vignette containing the issuer inscription in blackletter script, the denomination '50 Pf' in large red numerals, and the payment order text 'zahle gegen diese Platzanweisung aus unserm Guthaben an Überbringer', dated Bielefeld, 15.5.21, with facsimile signatures of the Oberbürgermeister and Bürgermeister below. Eight serrated circular medallions arranged around the central vignette bear blue pictorial symbols of local guilds and civic institutions, while vertical blue decorative panels on the left and right margins carry the inscriptions 'SPARKASSEN VERWALTUNG' in bold letterpress. A rotating band of statistical population data for Bielefeld frames the central diamond. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtsparkasse Bielefeld 50 Pf zahle gegen diese Platzanweisung aus unserm Guthaben an Überbringer Bielefeld, 15.5.21 Magistrat OBERBÜRGERMEISTER BÜRGERMEISTER EINGELÖST WERDEN DIESE SCHEINE VON ALLEN ÖFFENTLICHEN KASSEN IN BIELEFELD UND IM KREISE SPARKASSEN VERWALTUNG BRÜGGE HERING |
| Reverse description | Red, blue, and white reverse in the same tricolour style as the obverse, centred on a black diamond-shaped vignette with a bold woodcut-style silhouette of a rifleman or Schützenkönig raising a tankard before the silhouette of a townscape, surrounded by the motto 'FREI SEI DER MANN FREI SEINE WEHR ALS BIERKÖNIG SCHÄTZ ICH DIE SCHÜTZENWEHR'. Six serrated circular medallions around the border bear local historical vignettes inscribed 'NIEDERNSTR. 1819', 'TOCHTER SCHULE VIKTORIA-STR. 1880', 'BURG AUF DEM SPARENBERG', and 'GASANSTALT 1855', with two denomination roundels reading '50 Pf'. Red cursive marginal inscriptions record Bielefeld's 700-year anniversary and lists of former Bürgermeister with dates, while the series letter 'R' and a six-digit serial number with asterisk appear at the lower margin. |
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