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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Braunlage (Municipality of Braunlage) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned notgeld voucher with a dark brown decorative border and scroll-style ribbon banners at top and bottom. At centre, the municipal coat of arms of Braunlage — a red shield surmounted by a crenellated mural crown and charged with a rearing white horse — is flanked by large red numeral '50' on each side, with the issuer inscription 'Gemeinde Braunlage' above and below the arms. A redemption text in Gothic script occupies the lower central field, accompanied by a serial number and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature; the printer's imprint 'Louis Koch, Halberstadt' appears vertically along the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 50 Pfennig Gemeinde Braunlage Dieser Gutschein wird bis zum 31. Dezember 1921 von der Gemeinde Braunlage eingelöst - Der Bürgermeister - Braunlage im Harz. LOUIS KOCH HALBERSTADT |
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Braunlage is a small spa and resort town in the Harz mountains, and its 1921 Notgeld issue reflects the acute small-change shortage that forced thousands of German municipalities to print their own emergency currency during the inflationary spiral of the early Weimar period. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer who handled a number of Harz-area Notgeld commissions during this window — competent work, not prestige engraving.
The DeNG reference suffix 1-3/3 indicates this is the third note in a three-piece set, a common Notgeld structure designed to encourage collectors to acquire complete runs rather than individual pieces — a marketing instinct that was, frankly, deliberate from the start.