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50 Pfennig Goethe Series - Hermannstein, red issue
| Issuer | Ilmenau (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Kickelhahn watchtower (erected 1855, south of Ilmenau), flanked on each side by a silhouetted profile portrait of Goethe in letterpress. A verse from Goethe's poem referencing the Kickelhahn is set below the vignette, with the issuing authority inscription and year 1921 above, and the printer's imprint at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Hermannstein rock formation (situated south-west of Ilmenau), flanked by two silhouetted profile portraits: Goethe to the left and Charlotte von Stein to the right. Two columns of Goethe verse are arranged to either side of the vignette, printed in red letterpress consistent with the series colour of this issue. |
| Reverse lettering | Gr. Hermannstein (left) Was ich leugnend gestehe und offenbarend verberge ist mir das einzige Wohl, bleibt mir ein reichlicher Schatz. Ich vertrau` es dem Felsen, damit der Einsame rate, Was in der Einsamkeit mich, was in der Welt mich beglückt. (right) Felsen sollten nicht Felsen und Wüsten Wüsten nicht bleiben Drum stieg Amor herab, sieh! und es lebte die Welt. Auch belegte er mir die Kohle mit himmlischem Lichte, Zwar der Hoffnung nur, doch war die Hoffnung erfüllt. |
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