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[[obverse text]]
10 / PFENNIG / REUTERGELD / KRAKOW

[[reverse text]]
GÜLTIG IM / GELDVERKEHR / INNERHALB DES / STADTGEBIETES BIS / ZUM 31.MAI 1922. / RAT DER STADT KRAKOW I. M. / [[2 signatures]] / OH GRÄUNE WALD, OH VAGELSANG! / UN WIR DAT HART OK NOCH SO KRANK, / FÄUHLT'T SICK VON ALLER WELT VERLATEN, / DIN HELLE KLANG, DIN FRISCHE ATHEN, / DE TRÖSTEN, HEILEN, RICHTEN WEDDER, / WAT LAGG IN ANGST UN BANGEN NEDDER. / 10 PFENNIG / [[note]] ACC 175975 [[/note]]

[[translation]] VALID FOR FINANCIAL EXCHANGES WITHIN THE URBAN AREA UNTIL MAY 31ST, 1922. / COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KRAKOW [[possible: in memorium]] / [[2 signatures]] / OH GREEN FOREST, OH BIRDSONG! / AND WE, THE HEART ALSO STILL SO ILL, / FELT ITSELF FROM ALL THE WORLD ABANDONED, / YOUR BRIGHT SOUND, YOUR FRESH [[ATHENS?]], / THEY COMFORT, HEAL, ADJUST AGAIN, / WHAT LAY DOWN IN ANXIETY AND FEAR. / 10 PFENNIG / [[note]] ACC 175975 [[/note]] [[/translation]]

Transcription Notes:
NB - in old German script, what looks like a "fuzzy t" is actually a 'k' NB - the poem is by Fritz Reuter, who is remembered in this 'Reutergeld' [[obverse image - lake with trees and landscape criss-crossing water (possibly archipelago)]] [[reverse image - trees and landscaped path]]