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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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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Turm auf dem Kickelhahn M. Bechstein, Ilmenau, gez. Wie kehrt ich oft mit wechselndem Geschicke, erhabner Berg an deinen Fuß zurücke. NOTGELD DER STADT ILMENAU, 1921. Die Gültigkeit erlischt einen ~ Monat nach Aufruf. ~ Der Stadtgemeindevorstand (signature: Zachäus). Oberbürgermeister. WIEDEMANNSCHE DRUCKEREI A.-G. SAALFELD A/S. |
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| 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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Ilmenau's Goethe connection is legitimate and well-documented — the poet visited repeatedly over several decades, conducted geological fieldwork in the hills above the town, and the Hermannstein outcrop was among his known haunts. The municipal authority clearly leveraged this when commissioning Max Bechstein's designs for the series, which gave the notgeld more local identity than most Thuringian issues of the period.
Wiedemannsche Druckerei in Saalfeld handled both the printing and engraving. The red colour variant distinguishes this 50 Pfennig from otherwise similar denominations in the same Goethe series.