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[[obverse text]] HALTERN / 1 / MARK / EINE MARK / [[image]] / HALTERN / 1 / MARK / EINE MARK / KORBER / WER BINNEN 24 STUNDEN SEIN BÜRGERGELD NICHT ABHOLT, DEM WIRD'S ZUR STRAFE IN'S HAUS GEBRACHT. [[translation]] HALTERN / 1 MARK / ONE MARK / [[image]] / HALTERN / 1 MARK / ONE MARK / KORBER [[artist]] / WHOEVER DOES NOT COLLECT THEIR CIVIL MONEY WITHIN 24 HOURS, IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOUR HOUSE AS PUNISHMENT. [[/translation]] [[reverse text]] GUTSCHEIN DER STADT HALTERN / EINE MARK ÜBER EINE MARK / DER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT VIER WOCHEN / NACH AUFRUF GÜLTIG NUR IM STADTBEZIRK HALTERN & / HALTERN, DEN 1. JUNI 1921. / DER MAGISTRAT / [[signatures x2]] / ALS NOCH NICHT DAS LEBEN TEUER / UND DIE BÜRGER FREI VON STEUER / DURFT DIE STADT MIT VOLLEN HÄNDEN / JÄHRLICH GOLDNEN SEGEN SPENDEN / UND NUN SICH DIE STEUERN DRÄNGEN / GERN DIE FEIND UNS VOLLENDS ZWÄNGEN / MUSS DIE STADT GELD ZU GEWINNEN / SELBST DEN NOTGELDDRUCK BEGINNEN / FR WILH RUHFUS, DORTMUND 58766 / [[background text]] EINE MARK [[/background text]] [[translation]] VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF HALTERN / ONE MARK FOR ONE MARK / THE NOTE LOSES ITS VALIDITY FOUR WEEKS AFTER SUMMONS / VALID ONLY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF HALTERN / HALTERN, THE 1ST OF JUNE 1921. / THE MAGISTRATE [[signatures x2]] / AS LIFE IS NOT YET EXPENSIVE / AND THE CITIZENS ARE FREE FROM TAX / MAY THE CITY WITH FULL HANDS / DONATE ANNUAL GOLDEN BLESSINGS / AND NOW THE TAXES ARE RUSHING / GLADLY THE ENEMY COMPLETELY SQUEEZES US/ THE CITY MUST OBTAIN MONEY / BEGINS ITSELF, THE EMERGENCY MONEY PRINTING / FRIEDRICH WILHELM RUHFUS, DORTMUND 58766 / [[background text]] EINE MARK [[/background text]] [[/translation]]
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