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25 Pfennig Note, Bitterfeld, Germany, 1921

Object Details

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Description
[[obverse text]]
25 PFENNIG 25 / JUNI 1921 / [[image]] a tower next to a house and trees [[/image]] / [[image]] blue shield with a red tower in the center. To the left of tower, striped yellow and black shield, flanked diagonally with a white strap. To the right of tower, white shield with a red set of eyes and mouth. [[/image]] DER MAGISTRAT / [[signatures]] / KAPELLE 1323 ERBAUT / [[image]] blue shield with a black winged creature as an emblem [[/image]] / ENTW.H.SCHIEBEL / BITTERFELD / 1921 / NOTGELD DER STADT BITTERFELD / EINLÖSBAR BEI DER STADTFPARKALLE BITTERFELD BIS / 1 MONAT NACH DER OFFENTLICHEN AUFKÜNDISUNG.
[[reverse text]]
ANNO DOMINI 1473 AM SONNABENT VOR JUBILATE ALS DIE FONNNE / ZUSIFTE GEHEN WOLFE, IST DIE STADT BITTERFELDT VON HANSEN LEINEME, / BER AUSGEBRANT, DIESELB ZEIT BMF SEBHARDT VON MANFFELF IR HERRE / GEMESSEN IST DICTUS DONDE BURGERMEISTER. "DESFLATS ZU BITERRFELD LO-PIALBUCH 1575-BLATT 1BU2 / IM JAHRE D. ELENDS / 1921 / 25 / PFENNIG / 1473 [[image]] a burning town [[/image]] / UND / [[image]] symbol of Caduceus [[/image]] ER / III / 1473 U. 1921 MIR GLEICHEN UNS DOCH SEHR, THR MARET DAMALS / ABGEBRANNT, MIR FIND'S JETZT NOCH VIEL MEHR!! / H.F. JUTTE. KUNSTANSTALT. LEIPZIG.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1921
date on object
1921-06
Credit Line
Morton M. Stack
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 6.2 cm x 10.1 cm x .01 cm; 2 7/16 in x 3 31/32 in x in
Object Name
note
notgeld
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