25 Pfennig Note, Grosswirschleben, Germany, 1921

Description:

[[obverse text]]

[[seal]] GEMEINDE ZU GROSSWIRSCHLEBEN [[/seal]] / AUS FERNEN HEIDENTAGEN BIS ZUR JÜNGSTEN ZEIT / HIEHLT SICH EIN BRAUCH IM ALTERSGRAUEN KLEID / UM ZU EMPFANGEN SAALEFEUCHTIGKEIT UND / REGEN, / ERFLEHT AM PFINGSTTAG MAN / DES SAALE- / REICHERTS SEGEN. / DIE GÜLTIGKEIT ERLISCHT 1 MONAT NACH AUFRUF / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN 1.9.21. / DER GEMEINDEVORSTAND [[signature]] / 8291* / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN – / IN ANHALT [[translation]] [[seal]] MUNICIPALITY AT GROSSWIRSCHLEBEN [[/seal]] / FROM DISTANT PAGAN DAYS TO RECENT TIMES / A CUSTOM IN OBSERVED IN A HOARY [[=grayish-white]] DRESS / IN ORDER TO WELCOME SAALE [[river]] HUMIDITY AND RAIN, / ON PENTECOST [[or Whitsun]] ONE BESEECHES OF THE SAALE [[river]]-RICHES’ BLESSING. / THE VALIDITY EXPIRES 1 MONTH AFTER SUMMONS / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN 1.9.21.[[d.m.y.]] / THE COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE BOARD [[signature]] / 8291* / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN - IN ANHALT [[region]] [[/translation]]

[[reverse text]]

25 / R / GROß-WIRSCHLEBER SAALETANZ [[Saale is a river]] / I / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN / IN ANHALT / 25 [[translation]] 25 / [[aritst initial]] R / GROß-WIRSCHLEBER SAALE-RIVER-DANCE / I / GROß-WIRSCHLEBEN IN ANHALT [[region]] / 25 [[/translation]]

Date Made: 1921Date On Object: 1921-09-01

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

Place Made: Germany

Subject: NNC German Notgeld

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 07

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Curtis C. Page

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.73.87.009Catalog Number: 73.87.009Accession Number: 309600Serial Number: 8291

Object Name: notenotgeld

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4.9 cm x 7.9 cm x .01 cm; 1 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in x in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-bbb8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1913081

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