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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 436122, member: 6370&quot;]The second one is even worse; guess one has to be familiar with lots of details of the local history in order to understand all those allusions. I sure don&#039;t ...</p><p><br /></p><p>In the middle (black area) you have the value and the issuer:</p><p><b>M 25 MARK</b></p><p><b>Stadtsparkasse</b></p><p><b>Bielefeld</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The edge text is the usual information about the deadline. The date is written in a strange way: ERSTEN VIER 1922, ie. 1 April 1922. Some more about the odd text bits here:</p><p><br /></p><p>Small black text in white zigzag border. Very top left to right:</p><p><br /></p><p>MEINE HERREN DIE KAPELLE HAT KEINE AKUSTIK MEHR</p><p><b>--&gt; Gentlemen, the chapel does not have acoustics any more</b></p><p><br /></p><p>ICH WERDE SIE ÜBERZEUGEN: GÜCKER!</p><p><b>--&gt; I will convince you: Gücker!</b> (probably a name)</p><p><br /></p><p>WIE HEISST DER ERSTE ARTIKEL? BÄNK!</p><p><b>--&gt; What is the first article? Bänk!</b> (reminds of a teacher asking students; the images suggest that too)</p><p><br /></p><p>DAS ZWEITE GEBOT?? KEINE ANTWORT</p><p><b>--&gt; The second commandment? No answer.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>SEHEN SIE MEINE HERREN DIE KAPELLE HAT KEINE AKUSTIK MEHR</p><p><b>--&gt; You see, gentlemen, the chapel does not have acoustics any more</b></p><p><br /></p><p>FRÄULEIN TRAGEN SIE GRÜN / GRÜN HEBT IHNEN</p><p><b>--&gt; Madam, wear green / Green lifts up</b> (might be some fashion wisdom)</p><p><br /></p><p>WIR IN SCHILDESCHE SIND KLUGE BAUERN</p><p><b>--&gt; We in Schildesche</b> (part/suburb of Bielefeld) <b>are good farmers</b></p><p><br /></p><p>ABER DIE SCHIRRDEICHSEL AUF DEM DACH IST NICHT UNSER FACH</p><p><b>--&gt; But the Schirrdeichsel</b> (no idea what that is) <b>on the roof is not our profession</b></p><p><br /></p><p>DER NEUBAU WURDE BEWILLIGT</p><p><b>--&gt; The new building was granted</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Blue diamond shaped panels</p><p>top left: Horse and rider, figure below saying: RECKEMEIER!</p><p><i>--&gt; probably a name</i></p><p><br /></p><p>top right: Horse and ride with figure below: REDE HERR DEIN KNECHT HÖRET</p><p><b>--&gt; Talk, Lord - your servant listens</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom left: ?</p><p>DEM ERSTEN DER MORGEN DEIN HAUS BETRITT GIEB (sic) DEIN KALB</p><p><b>--&gt; Give your calf to the first who enters your house tomorrow</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom right: HERR DEIN WILLE GESCHEHE</p><p><b>--&gt; Lord, your will should happen</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Red Panels starting far right: 25 M / seated figures GÜCKER HÜNEKE BÄNK</p><p><i>--&gt;three names; Gücker and Bänk occurred before</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Does that make sense? Not really. <img src="http://www.coinpeople.com/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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