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6 Mark - Thale am Harz Hexentanzplatz Bodetal Rosstrappe
| Issuer | City of Thale am Harz |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing left bearded bust of Wotan, the Germanic chief deity, depicted in high relief with long flowing hair and beard, wearing a wide-brimmed hat. A ribbon bearing the name WOTAN appears diagonally across the field to the right of the effigy. The legend THALE • HARZ is inscribed on a banner along the upper rim, while the denomination DOPPEL • THALER appears on a banner along the lower rim, both rendered in bold raised lettering within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic depiction of the rocky Bode Valley (Bodetal) gorge in the Harz mountains, with towering cliff faces rendered in high sculptural relief dominating the central field. In the upper portion of the field, two riders on horseback are shown leaping across the chasm — referencing the legends of Hexentanzplatz (Witches' Dance Floor) and Rosstrappe (Horse's Hoof Print). The legends HEXENTANZPLATZ and ROSSTRAPPL are inscribed along the left and right rims respectively, with BODETAL along the lower rim, all within a beaded border. |
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Thale's 1923 notgeld issue belongs to the wave of German municipal emergency coinage produced as Weimar-era inflation obliterated the purchasing power of Reichsmark currency. The city chose to celebrate its tourist geography — the Bode Valley gorge, the Rosstrappe cliff, and the Hexentanzplatz plateau above it — at a moment when printing a functionally equivalent paper note would have cost almost nothing. Tombac, a brass-type alloy, was a common notgeld substitute when nickel and copper were either scarce or too valuable to mint.
The three Men18 reference numbers suggest at least three distinct die or edge varieties documented for this type.