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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Bergstadt Altenau am Harz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | A large central landscape vignette rendered in rich greens and blues presents an elevated view of the Hüttenteich reservoir near Altenau in the Oberharz, with conifer forests, rolling hills, and a winding watercourse; in the foreground, two figures — a hunter and his dog — are shown, one raising a horn to his lips. The lateral borders consist of decorative panels in dark green with a repeating motif of pine cones on branches in brown, flanking vertical yellow bands bearing the poetic legend 'MAI IM GRÜNEN TANN' on the left and 'BLÄST DER HIRT SO GUT ER KANN' on the right. The caption 'HUTTENTEICH BEI ALTENAU (OBERHARZ)' is printed in white lettering at the lower centre of the landscape vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | MAI IM GRÜNEN TANN BLÄST DER HIRT SO GUT ER KANN HUTTENTEICH BEI ALTENAU (OBERHARZ) |
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Altenau is a small mining town in the Upper Harz, historically dependent on silver and lead extraction through the Clausthal mining administration. By 1921, the German inflation crisis had produced a near-total breakdown in small-denomination coin circulation, and hundreds of municipalities issued their own Notgeld to fill the gap. Altenau's series is among the more locally specific — the imagery and text draw directly on the town's mining identity rather than generic patriotic themes.
The DeNG reference places this within a documented series, suggesting the Magistrat issued multiple denominations. Collector demand for complete Harz regional sets keeps even common examples moving.