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25 Pfennig Note, Bielefeld, Germany, 1919

25 Pfennig Note, Bielefeld, Germany, 1919

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Description
[[obverse text]]
VERWALTUNG / HAUS / BRÜGGE / KRIEGSNOTGELD IST DIES' PAPIER BIS 1921 ERSTENVIER / ES NEHMEN AN IN GROSSEN MASSEN DIES GELD AUCH ALLE STAEDTISCHEN KASSEN / 25PF / STADT SPARKASSE / BIELEFELD / ZAHLE DEM ÜBERBRINGER DIESER ANWEISUNG / MAGISTRAT BIELEFELD 1.4.1919
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C NO 275804 / SCHULTZ VON DER MUEHLEN CALOW SEVERING HOEVENER / BAURAT STADTRAT STADTVERORDNETE / FUER DAS KRIEGSNOTJAHR 1917 / OBERBUERGERMEISTER DR STAPENHORST / BIELEFELDER LEBENSMITTELAUSSCHUSS / 25PF / KRIEGSPLATZ-ANWEISUNG [[image]] SHOWS A SMILING TURNIP WEARING A SMALL CROWN WHICH SAYS "VOR DEM GENUSS" MEANING "BEFORE ENJOYING" [[/image]] / IM OSTEN GILT DAS POLENWORT, / IM WESTEN SIND DIE ROHLEN FORT. / 1917 STADT BIELEFELD
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
note
notgeld
date made
1919
date on object
1919-04-01
place made
Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5.2 cm x 8.2 cm x.01 cm; 2 1/16 in x 3 7/32 in x in
ID Number
NU.NU59831.156
catalog number
NU59831.156
accession number
220791
serial number
275804
Credit Line
Morton M. Stack
subject
NNC German Notgeld
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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