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20 Mark
| Issuer | Handelskammer des Memelgebiets (Chamber of Commerce of the Memel Territory) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed note in brown tones on a cream ground, with an ornate lace-like guilloche border framing the entire face. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large gothic type at each lateral corner, while the central text in Kurrent script reads 'Notgeld der Handelskammer des Memelgebiets' above the bold gothic legend 'Zwanzig Mark'. Below, the clause 'Ungültig 3 Monate nach Abruf' is set in a smaller typeface, followed by multiple manuscript signatures of Allied High Commission representatives and a serial number prefixed 'No', with the authorization line 'Autorisée: Memel, le 22 Février 1922 Le Haut-Commissaire Représentant des Puissances Alliées' printed beneath. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour pictorial reverse in green, blue, and brown tones, divided into three vignette panels framed by a stylised oak-leaf and acorn border. The left panel presents a cow in a pastoral meadow, the right panel a standing horse, and the large central vignette shows a traditional thatched farmstead with livestock, evoking the rural landscape of the Memel region. A scroll cartouche at the top centre bears the inscription 'Memel', while the denomination '20 Mark' is repeated in gothic lettering at the lower left and right, with 'Notgeld der Handelskammer' inscribed centrally below the main vignette. |
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| Protection description | Chain watermark. |
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