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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Gernrode im Harz (City of Gernrode im Harz) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Three-panel vignette in blue and red letterpress on cream paper, centred on an exterior view of the Romanesque Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci seen from the forecourt, flanked left by the church's high altar (Hochaltar) and right by the nave (Hauptschiff), each interior scene set beneath a ribbon cartouche with its respective label. The denomination '75 Pfennig' appears in bold black Fraktur at all four corners within a blue ruled border, and a caption banner below the central vignette reads 'Die Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci vom Kantornat aus gesehe'. At the foot of the note the serial number and the magistrate's facsimile signature appear alongside the date '21. Oktober 1921', with the printer's and artist's imprints in small type along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Gernrode-Harz 75 Pfennig Hochaltar Hauptschiff Die Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci vom Kantornat aus gesehe Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung. Gernrode-Harz, 21. Oktober 1921 Der Magistrat Louis Koch-Halberstadt Nach Originalen von Carl Litting, Buch- u. Kunstverlag, Gernrode-Harz |
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Gernrode im Harz was one of hundreds of small German municipalities that issued Notgeld during the early 1920s inflationary period, but the town had an unusually strong incentive to produce collectible series: its Romanesque collegiate church, the Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus, dating to around 959 AD, made it a genuine tourist draw. Notgeld commissions often went to local printers with regional connections, and Louis Koch in nearby Halberstadt was a natural choice.
The reference suffix "4a-7/12" suggests this falls within a dated sub-series, likely issued across a defined window — typical practice for municipalities managing both circulation demand and the collector market simultaneously.