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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Schierke, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a silhouette portrait of Goethe in left profile, set within an oval wreath on an ochre ground, against a panoramic Harz mountain landscape with conifers and rolling hills rendered in muted blue-grey tones. To the right, two figures in red — one in a pointed devil's cap, evoking Mephistopheles — are shown in silhouette, a direct allusion to Goethe's Faust. The denomination "Zehn Pfg." appears in red Fraktur script below the central vignette, with the issuing authority, date "den 1. April 1921," serial number, and redemption conditions arranged in three cartouches along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large colour vignette of the Brocken summit as seen from the forested slopes near Schierke, with the Brockenhaus building and its tower visible on the hilltop against a luminous golden sky. Dark conifer silhouettes frame both sides of the arched central scene, while the village of Schierke with its church spire appears in the middle distance. The denomination numeral "10" is printed in bold red at both upper corners, and the place name appears in a banner cartouche at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 10 Schierke i. Harz. |
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