25 Pfennig Note, Bitterfeld, Germany, 1921

Description:

[[obverse text]]

25 PFENNIG 25 / [[image]] Central color image of a church with landscaping. At the left of center is a shield bearing a red tower with a coat of arms on either side of it. On the right of center is a shield bearing the national eagle. [[/image]] / JUNI 1921 / KAPELLE 1323 ERBAUT / DER MAGISTRAT / [[signatures]] / ENTW. H. SCHIEBEL / BITTERSFELD / 1921 / NOTGELD DER STADT BITTERFELD / EINLÖSBAR BEI DER STADTSPARKASSE BITTERFELD BIS / 1 MONAT NACH DER ÖFFENTLICHEN AUFKÜNDIGUNG

[[reverse text]]

ANNO DOMINI 1473 AM SONNABENT VOR JUBILATE ALS DIE SONNE / ZU KISTE GEHEN WOLSE, IST DIE STADT BITTERFELDT VON HANSEN LEINEWEBE / AUSGEBRANT, DIESELB ZEIT SMF GEBHARDT VON MANSSELT IR HERRE / GEMESSEN IST DICTUS VONDE BURGERMEISTER / DES RATS ZU BITTERFELD LO PLALBUCH 1575 BLATT 1B U 2 / IM JAHRE D. ELENDS / 1921 / 25 / PFENNIG / 1473 / UNSER / BITTERFELDER / BRIKETT / US / VIII / 1473 U. 1921 WIR GLEICHEN UNS DOCH SEHR. IHR WARET DA- / MALS ABGEBRANNT WIR SIND'S JETZT NOCH VIEL MEHR

[[translation]] 1473 and 1921 we are quite the same. you burned down back then and we are know even more (abgebrannt (burned) in German can mean being poor/without any money) [[/translation//

Date Made: 1921Date On Object: 1921-06

Crowdsourcing: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteersLocation: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Bitterfeld

Subject: NNC German Notgeld

Subject:

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Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Morton M. Stack

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.NU59831.186Catalog Number: NU59831.186Accession Number: 220791

Object Name: notenotgeld

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-b12c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1910911

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