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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Bitterfeld (City of Bitterfeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central allegorical vignette in a bold letterpress style presents a female figure in flowing robes rising amid electrical transmission towers, cables, and industrial machinery, flanked by two male figures — a scientist at left operating laboratory apparatus and an engineer at right reviewing documents — set against an industrial cityscape. The denomination '75 PF' appears in large numerals at lower left and right, with a guilloche underprint panel at the bottom bearing the issue date '1. Dezember 1921', serial number, expiry clause, and two manuscript signatures below 'Der Magistrat:'. The title legend 'GUTSCHEIN DER STADT BITTERFELD' is inscribed in bold gothic lettering within a ruled border at the top, with the printer's imprint 'C. Schröter, Leipzig' at the very foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed letterpress illustration of an AEG alternating-current freight locomotive (Wechselstrom-Güterzuglokomotive) on the main track, with a steam locomotive visible in the background to the left, all rendered in precise technical draughtsmanship. A caption panel at the bottom, set within a guilloche border, presents statistical text on coal savings in railway operation through electric traction. The upper legend reads 'Bild 6 WECHSELSTROM-GÜTERZUGLOKOMOTIVE' within a ruled frame, with ornamental corner devices and lateral border panels throughout. |
| Reverse lettering | Bild 6 WECHSELSTROM-GÜTERZUGLOKOMOTIVE AEG Kohlenersparnis im Eisenbahnbetriebe durch elektrische Kraftmaschinen: Dampf-Lokomotive 5%, Elekt. Lokomotive 10% Wärmeausnutzung der Brennstoffe. |
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