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10 Pfennig Kurhaus Gesundbrunnen
| Issuer | Kurhaus Gesundbrunnen, Bad Helmstedt (Inhaber: Max Herbst) |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light paper with a simple dashed-line rectangular border enclosing all text. The upper register carries the issuer name in blackletter script across two lines, followed by the proprietor's name in a smaller italic line. A horizontal rule separates this header from the lower register, which bears the word 'Gutschein' in large blackletter flanked on each side by a small oval lozenge vignette. The denomination '10' in bold numerals is centred between the word 'Pfennig' repeated to left and right. A note 'Siehe Rückseite' appears in the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Plain light paper with no border ornament. The upper portion carries a printed serial number field with 'No' in decorative script followed by a ruled box containing the stamped number. Below, a two-line cautionary notice in blackletter warns that notes with a missing or incomplete number will not be redeemed, separated by a short double rule from a further two-line statement in blackletter restricting the voucher's acceptance to the issuer's own establishment. The printer's imprint appears in small roman capitals at the lower left. |
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Bad Helmstedt — officially "Helmstedt" — had a modest spa identity built around its mineral springs, and Kurhaus Gesundbrunnen was one of the private resort establishments that exploited the local waters commercially. This note is Notgeld, issued by the proprietor Max Herbst rather than any municipal authority, making it essentially a privately issued scrip tied to a single business. That arrangement was commonplace during the inflationary disruptions of the early 1920s, when small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation and shopkeepers, innkeepers, and resort owners printed their own substitutes.
Ruthe & Günther was a regional Helmstedt printer with no particular distinction in the Notgeld trade — local job work, not a specialist security firm.