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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Coburg |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Printer | J. Adolf Schwarz, Lindenberg, Germany |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set on cream paper with a central guilloche underprint in grey-blue, over which the denomination "Fünfzig Pfennig" is rendered in large blackletter (Fraktur) script. The heading "Notgeld der Stadt Coburg" and the issue year "ausgegeben 1919" appear at the top in Fraktur lettering, with the word "Magistrat" inscribed below the central vignette. A handwritten signature appears at lower right, accompanied by a red serial number prefixed "No" at lower left and a decorative red asterisk; an embossed portrait watermark is visible at the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed letterpress vignette of Coburg Fortress (Veste Coburg), viewed from below with a stone staircase in the foreground, towers and battlements rising against a plain sky, flanked by trees. A border of fine guilloche lines frames the entire design. In the lower portion, four lines of Gothic verse are inscribed: "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär / Und wollt uns gar verschlingen / So fürchten wir uns nicht so sehr / Es soll uns doch gelingen!" |
| Reverse lettering | Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär Und wollt uns gar verschlingen So fürchten wir uns nicht so sehr Es soll uns doch gelingen! |
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