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| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Güstrow |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and ochre Notgeld note with a bold geometric diamond-pattern border forming the overall frame, the town name GÜSTROW rendered in large stylised letterpress type across the top and bottom margins. At centre, a rectangular cartouche carries the payment text in Gothic script, with the denomination Fünfundsiebzig Pfennige in bold display type; two large numeral '75' vignettes flank the cartouche on either side. Below the text, the issue date 'Güstrow, den 1. Februar 1922' and validity line 'Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1922' are printed, with two manuscript signatures above the titles Bürgermeister and Stadtverordnetenvorsteher. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on an ochre ground, the reverse centres on a bold woodcut-style vignette of Güstrow Castle rising from a stylised hillock above wavy water lines, rendered with strong contrasting outlines in an Expressionist graphic idiom. The town name GÜSTROW appears in large block letterpress type at both top and bottom, while the denomination numeral '75' is repeated twice in the upper corners. The printer's imprint HOF- UND RATSBUCHDRUCKEREI is set in small type at the lower centre margin. |
| Reverse lettering | GÜSTROW 75 HOF- UND RATSBUCHDRUCKEREI |
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