DOI issue:
No. 339 (June 1921)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21392#0260
STUDIO-TALK
CURRENCY NOTE
BAD REICHENHAIX
BAVARIA
a design by Heins Schiestl, a Wurzburg
sculptor; the town hall is pictured, and
on either side steaming bowls of potatoes
allude to the staple food of the people in
the scarcity of bread. Neustadt, in
Holstein, with less than 5,000 inhabitants,
issues quite a good design on good paper
for a sum not worth a farthing on ex-
change into British currency ! Augusten-
burg on its i-mark note has a bell ringing
out the tones of " Arbeiten und nicht
verzweifeln " (Work and not despair) ;
the fresh colouring being effective, though
most issues appear to be on brown or
dark toned paper, doubtless to show dirt
and wear less. Hamburg has the arms
of the city on a square shield, with
the crest and supporters (lions) treated
on novel lines of colour and drawing
for its half-mark note. Donauworth, a
picturesque town on the upper Danube
with 5,000 dwellers, gets a Schiestl design.
Passing to the illustrations in black and
white, Gcttingen has two silhouette pictures
on its Schiestl design ; Erfurt pictures its
two famous churches for its 25-pfennig
note design; Hameln, on the Weser
(the Hamelin of Robert Browning's poem),
uses the motif of its Pied Piper legend
on its notes; Reichenhall, the bright
South Bavarian watering place, prettily
advertises its mineral springs on its
Scheine; Amberg, in Northern Bavaria
(25,000 inhabitants), has the arms of the
Royal Bavarian House of Wittelsbach on
its notes' reverse (or back); the front
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AMBERG, BAVARIA
244
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BIELEFELD
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BAD REICHENHAIX
BAVARIA
a design by Heins Schiestl, a Wurzburg
sculptor; the town hall is pictured, and
on either side steaming bowls of potatoes
allude to the staple food of the people in
the scarcity of bread. Neustadt, in
Holstein, with less than 5,000 inhabitants,
issues quite a good design on good paper
for a sum not worth a farthing on ex-
change into British currency ! Augusten-
burg on its i-mark note has a bell ringing
out the tones of " Arbeiten und nicht
verzweifeln " (Work and not despair) ;
the fresh colouring being effective, though
most issues appear to be on brown or
dark toned paper, doubtless to show dirt
and wear less. Hamburg has the arms
of the city on a square shield, with
the crest and supporters (lions) treated
on novel lines of colour and drawing
for its half-mark note. Donauworth, a
picturesque town on the upper Danube
with 5,000 dwellers, gets a Schiestl design.
Passing to the illustrations in black and
white, Gcttingen has two silhouette pictures
on its Schiestl design ; Erfurt pictures its
two famous churches for its 25-pfennig
note design; Hameln, on the Weser
(the Hamelin of Robert Browning's poem),
uses the motif of its Pied Piper legend
on its notes; Reichenhall, the bright
South Bavarian watering place, prettily
advertises its mineral springs on its
Scheine; Amberg, in Northern Bavaria
(25,000 inhabitants), has the arms of the
Royal Bavarian House of Wittelsbach on
its notes' reverse (or back); the front
CURRENCY NOTE
AMBERG, BAVARIA
244
CURRENCY NOTE
BIELEFELD