20 Mark

20 Mark - obverse20 Mark - reverse

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Features

Issuer City of Konstanz (notgeld) (Federal state of Baden)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Local banknote
Year 1922
Value 20 Mark
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Paper
Size 139 × 89 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
337467

Obverse

Green print. Picture of Bakers of the Konstanz council.

Lettering:
Notgeld der Stadt Konstanz am Bodensee.
Zwanzig Mark
Brotbäcker auf dem Konstanzer Konzil
Gültig bis vier Monthen nach Aufruf zur Einlőfung.
Konstanz, 23.Oktober 1922
Der Oberbűrgermeister

Translation:
Emergency money from the city of Constance on Lake Constance.
Twenty marks
Bread baker at the Constance Council
Valid for up to four months after the call for redemption.
Constance, October 23, 1922
The Lord Mayor

Reverse

A soldier fighting a skeleton.

Lettering:
Schaff', Kampf', und Wehr' dich um dein Brot
Sonst Frisst dich Hunger Krieg und Tod'.
Entwurf: Benno Eggert

Translation:
Create, fight, and defend yourself for your bread
Otherwise hunger will eat you up, war and death'.
Design: Benno Eggert

Designer: Benno Eggert

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1922-Oct-23 

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