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75th anniversary of poet and cartoonist Wilhelm Busch
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Period | German Empire |
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| Obverse description | High-relief bust of Wilhelm Busch facing left, depicted as an elderly bearded man wearing a jacket with a loosely tied cravat. To the right of the effigy, a three-line Latin inscription notes his age and the year; the engraver's signature K. GOETZ appears at the lower right rim. |
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| Reverse description | Within an oval cartouche at the top, two facing busts of Max and Moritz, the comic characters created by Wilhelm Busch, rendered in a caricatural style. Below, a three-line cursive inscription in German is enclosed within a decorative wreath of flowering branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow; the signature 'Wilh. Busch' appears at the bottom of the inscription. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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