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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Blumenthal i/H (Municipality of Blumenthal in Hannover) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A dockworker or shipyard labourer stands at left in a coloured vignette, shouldering a tool against a background of industrial harbour cranes and a vessel, rendered in a bold expressionist lithographic style. The salmon-toned underprint carries a repeated diagonal text pattern reading 'GEMEINDE BLUMENTHAL'. At upper right, the issuer's name 'Gemeinde Blumenthal i/H' appears in gothic script above 'Gutschein über', with the denomination '75 Pfennig' printed in large yellow numerals outlined in black. The date 'Blumenthal (Hannover), den 25 Juli 1921' and a manuscript facsimile signature of 'Der Gemeindevorstand' appear at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | A seated female allegorical figure, rendered in yellow, purple and olive tones in an expressionist lithographic style, kneels at left and raises a rope or chain above her head, with a bound bale or cargo bundle at her right bearing the serial number. The large denomination '75' with a stylised Pfennig symbol is printed in yellow with black outline at upper right. The designer's signature 'Betke' appears at lower left, and the printer's imprint 'J. F. Rohr, Blumenthal-Vegesack' is inscribed at lower right. The salmon-toned underprint repeats 'GEMEINDE BLUMENTHAL' in diagonal text across the entire field. |
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| Protection type | Underprint |
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