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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kurverwaltung Sankt Andreasberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a lively winter-sports scene set in a snow-covered Harz mountain landscape with fir trees framing both sides. Three figures are shown in motion on a slope: a skier with poles at right and two sledgers descending at left, rendered in a bold Art Nouveau illustrative style with polychrome colour accents. The denomination numeral '50' appears in large Gothic figures at both upper corners, and a multi-line inscription in blackletter script across the upper portion identifies the town as a highland spa and winter sports resort; an artist's monogram 'Hein' is visible in the lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Höhenkurort und Wintersportplatz St. Andreasberg im Harz 50 |
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Sankt Andreasberg was a silver-mining town in the Harz whose veins had been largely exhausted since the late eighteenth century; by 1921 it survived as a health resort (hence Kurverwaltung — spa administration) rather than an industrial centre. The 50 Pfennig note is Notgeld, issued during the inflationary crisis that made small-denomination Reichsmark coinage effectively disappear from circulation as hoarding and melting became endemic.
Gieseke's print shop in nearby Bad Lauterberg was a routine regional contractor for Harz-area Notgeld — dozens of municipalities used similar local printers rather than the larger Leipzig or Berlin houses.