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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Bad Harzburg (City of Bad Harzburg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1922 |
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| Obverse lettering | BAD HARZBURG 75 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein ist gültig bis zum 31.Dez.1922 und wird von unserer Stadtkasse eingelöst. Bad Harzburg, i. Juli 1921 Der Rat der Stadt Wo der Zentaur sich schon im Wettlauf mass, Wo Kaiser Heinrich froh am Finkenherde sass, Da gibts auch jetzt modernsten Sport zu sehn, Und – hast du Glück – zweihundert Mark für zehn. Druckerei Paul Rosdorff, Bad Harzburg |
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| Reverse lettering | Harzburger Rennen 75 Pfg. DER SIEGER BAUERNRENNEN F. Jüttner 21 |
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Bad Harzburg issued this note under the Notgeld system, the wave of emergency municipal currency that flooded Germany between 1919 and 1922 as chronic small-coin shortages made everyday commerce nearly impossible. By 1921, many towns had shifted from purely functional Notgeld toward elaborately decorated "Serienscheine" — collector-oriented issues that towns printed knowing hobbyists would hoard them unredeemed, effectively generating free municipal revenue.
F. Jüttner was a prolific Notgeld designer whose name appears across numerous spa-town issues from this period. Rosdorff printed locally, which was common practice — the logistical advantages outweighed any quality premium a Leipzig or Berlin house might have offered.