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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Hoym |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Hoym i/Anhalt Das alte Hoym i. J. 1700 A. Die Kirche B. der Thurm in der Burg C. der Siechen Auß D. der Oberhoff E. das Rathhaus F. die Burg-Mühle G. Burg-Thor H. Ballenstedt I. die Gegensteine K. Quedlinburg Gutschein No Gültig bis 4 Wochen nach offend. Aufkündigung. Hoym, d. 17.5.1921. Der Magistrat LOUIS KOCH, HALBERSTADT 50 |
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| Reverse lettering | Teuerung, Hunger, Sorg und Streit seien fern uns alle Zeit! Hoymer Schloßportal 1714 erbaut. 50 |
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Hoym is a small town in the Anhalt region, and this note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities between 1919 and 1922. Local authorities printed their own fractional currency not from civic pride but from necessity — the Reichsbank was hemorrhaging coinage into hoarding as metal values climbed, leaving towns unable to make change. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was one of dozens of regional printers pressed into service for these runs.
Hoym's issues are minor in the Notgeld collecting world, with no documented errors or variants of note.