25 Pfennig Note, Grosswirschleben, Germany, 1921
25 Pfennig Note, Grosswirschleben, Germany, 1921
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- 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]]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- notgeld
- date made
- 1921
- date on object
- 1921-09-01
- place made
- Germany
- 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
- ID Number
- NU.73.87.009
- catalog number
- 73.87.009
- accession number
- 309600
- serial number
- 8291
- Credit Line
- Curtis C. Page
- subject
- NNC German Notgeld
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 07
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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