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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Harzgerode |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | Central colour vignette illustrates the Salon at Alexisbad spa resort as it appeared around 1860, with a low whitewashed building under a red roof surrounded by trees and flanked by half-timbered structures; numerous period-costumed figures stroll in the foreground. The denomination '50' is printed in large red numerals at the upper left and right corners, with dark green guilloche panels on either side. The place name 'ALEXISBAD' is set in bold red letterpress across the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | DER SALON UM -1860- ALEXISBAD |
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Harzgerode is a small town in the Harz region of Saxony-Anhalt, and this note is a product of the notgeld wave that swept German municipalities in 1921 as postwar inflation made official coinage effectively vanish from circulation. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer responsible for a substantial number of Harz-area emergency issues during this period — competent work, nothing experimental.
The DeNG reference suffix ".2-2/3" suggests this is one of multiple known variants within the 582 series, likely distinguished by serial number range or minor typographic differences rather than design changes.