25 Pfennig Note, Grosswirschleben, Germany, 1921
date: label: date made
content: 1921
label: date on object
content: 1921-09-01
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
label: Description
content: [[obverse text]]
label: Description
content: [[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]]
label: Description
content: [[reverse text]]
label: Description
content: 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]]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: See more items in
content: NNC German Notgeld
label: See more items in
content: NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 07
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Curtis C. Page
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.73.87.009
label: catalog number
content: 73.87.009
label: accession number
content: 309600
label: serial number
content: 8291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
label: Object Name
content: notgeld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.9 cm x 7.9 cm x .01 cm; 1 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in x in