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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Gernrode im Harz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Gernrode-Harz 50 Pfennig Die Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci von Osten um 1840. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung. Gernrode-Harz, 24. Oktober 1921. Der Magistrat Louis Koch-Halberstadt Nach Originalen von Carl Mittag, Buch- u. Kunstverlag, Gernrode-Harz |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Reformation hat uns frei gemacht von den Fesseln geistiger Beschränktheit und uns gelehrt, zu den Quellen zurückzukehren. Goethe Unterer Teil des Kreuzgangs. Kirchen-Kapitnel i. d. Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci Oberer Teil des Kreuzgangs. |
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Gernrode is a small spa town in the eastern Harz, and this 1921 Notgeld issue is squarely typical of the Kleingeldersatz wave that swept German municipalities when postwar coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible. The town's magistrate, like hundreds of others, contracted a local printer rather than a specialist security firm — Louis Koch in nearby Halberstadt handled the job, with Carl Mittag providing the design work.
Mittag contributed designs to several Harz-region Notgeld issues during this period, which gives collectors a thread to pull when assembling regional sets.