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75 Pfennig

Issuer Niedermarsberg, City of
Year 1921
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Obverse description Central vignette presents a line-art illustration of the Bilstein tower ruin set on a rocky hillside amid trees, with a stone cross in the left foreground and a fortified gateway below, the inscription 'Bilstein' appearing above the tower. Denomination numerals '75' in red gothic script occupy yellow panels at upper left and right, the validity clause split across the two side panels. The town name 'Nieder-Marsberg' and issue date of 1 July 1921 appear along the lower margin, flanking the city's heraldic shield charged with a rampant lion in red.
Obverse lettering Notgeld der Stadt N.Marsberg 75₰ 75₰ Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung Fünfund 70 Pfennig Fünfund 70 Pfennig Nieder-Marsberg, den 1. Juli 1921 Stadt Verwaltung
Reverse description Central vignette reproduces a medieval-style polychrome illustration, rendered in a woodcut-like manner, of Heinrich von Marsberg serving as confessor to Louis IX of France, showing a robed cleric facing a kneeling noblewoman in an interior setting. The Niedermarsberg lion coat of arms appears at left and a rearing white horse on a red field at right, flanking the central scene. Denomination '75 Pfg' in gothic lettering is repeated at lower left and right, with a caption identifying the historical scene along the lower margin, all within a green and black ruled border.
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