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[[obverse text]] STAD AKEN/ELBE / SIGNETVM, BVRGENSIVM, VRBIS, AQVENSIS, FIDELIS, FILIAE, ECCLESIAE, MAGDE BURGENSIS / [[image]]crest of Stadt Aken. Under a high Gothic arch, between two pinned round towers with pointed roofs, on a square base stands a bishop with his right hand raised and fingers stretched out for oath, holding the crosier in his left hand. Near each of the towers is a small floating red and white shield with the head of the holy Mauritius. [[/image]] / DIESER SUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SEIN GÜLTIG-KEIT 3 MONATE NACH BEKANNTMACHUNG. [[translation]] THIS VOUCHER LOSES 3 MONTHS AFTER NOTICE [[/translation]] / AKEN, I.OKTOBER 1921. DER MAGISTRAT: [[SIGNATURE]] / NO 447562 [[reverse text]] 50 FÜNFZIG PFENNIG 50 / CÖTHENER TOR [[image]]tower of Köthen[[/image]] [[image]]anchor, and other symbols[[/image]] ELBTOR[[image]]tower of Elba[[/image]] / IN AKEN, HAT MAN EINST GESAGT, IS NIKS TO MAKEN! GOTT SEI'S GEKLAGT! DAS WORT GILT LANGE SCHON NICHT MEHR. / ES BLÜHN GEWERBE UND VERKEHR. DRUM HEISST ES JETZT VON AKEN : MIT DICK LETT SICK WAT MAKEN! [[translation]](In Plattdeutsch, not accurate but my best effort) In Aken people used to say, there's nothing to do! Alas! That hasn't been the case for a while. Business and traffic are blooming. That's why we now say in Aken : With all these people, let's do something! [[/translation]]
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