50 Pfennig Note, AkenElbe, Germany, 1921
50 Pfennig Note, Aken/Elbe, Germany, 1921
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- Description
- [[obverse text]]
- STAD AKEN/ELBE / SIGNETVM, BVRGENSIVM, VRBIS, AQVENSIS, FIDELIS, FILIAE, ECCLESIAE, MAGDE BURGENSIS / [[image]]crest of Stadt Aken. Under a high Gothic arch, between two pinned round towers with pointed roofs, on a square base stands a bishop with his right hand raised and fingers stretched out for oath, holding the crosier in his left hand. Near each of the towers is a small floating red and white shield with the head of the holy Mauritius. [[/image]] / DIESER SUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SEIN GÜLTIG-KEIT 3 MONATE NACH BEKANNTMACHUNG. [[translation]] THIS VOUCHER LOSES 3 MONTHS AFTER NOTICE [[/translation]] / AKEN, I.OKTOBER 1921. DER MAGISTRAT: [[SIGNATURE]] / NO 447562
- [[reverse text]]
- 50 FÜNFZIG PFENNIG 50 / CÖTHENER TOR [[image]]tower of Köthen[[/image]] [[image]]anchor, and other symbols[[/image]] ELBTOR[[image]]tower of Elba[[/image]] / IN AKEN, HAT MAN EINST GESAGT, IS NIKS TO MAKEN! GOTT SEI'S GEKLAGT! DAS WORT GILT LANGE SCHON NICHT MEHR. / ES BLÜHN GEWERBE UND VERKEHR. DRUM HEISST ES JETZT VON AKEN : MIT DICK LETT SICK WAT MAKEN!
- [[translation]](In Plattdeutsch, not accurate but my best effort) In Aken people used to say, there's nothing to do! Alas! That hasn't been the case for a while. Business and traffic are blooming. That's why we now say in Aken : With all these people, let's do something! [[/translation]]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- notgeld
- date made
- 1921
- place made
- Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Aken
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.1 cm x 9.6 cm x.01 cm; 2 25/32 in x 3 25/32 in x in
- ID Number
- NU.NU45833.05
- catalog number
- NU45833.05
- accession number
- 175975
- serial number
- 447562
- Credit Line
- Anna Cote
- subject
- NNC German Notgeld
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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