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75 Pfennig

Issuer Magistrat der Bergstadt Altenau am Harz
Year 1921
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In circulation to 1 November 1921
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Obverse description Yellow and green Notgeld voucher with a scalloped green border and the denomination numeral '75' in red-brown at each corner. The central vignette presents the town arms of Altenau flanked by two genre scenes: at left, local women with farming tools captioned 'ALTENAUER KLATSCHEIBER', and at right, a skier in motion on a snowy slope captioned 'SCHIKEIL BAHNFREI'. The upper legend reads 'Gutschein über 75 Pfennig d. Bergstadt Altenau a/Harz', followed by the validity notice, the issuing date '1.5.1921', expiry date '1.11.1921', and three manuscript signatures below 'DER MAGISTRAT'.
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Reverse description Yellow-bordered reverse with a central colour vignette of a panoramic landscape view of Altenau set among the Harz hills, captioned 'BLICK V. ROTHENBERG'. Four sparrows occupy the corners of the inner frame. A rhyming verse in green letterpress runs along all four margins of the yellow border, printed upright on three sides and inverted along the bottom edge.
Reverse lettering UND KOMMT SO DURCH DAS GANZE LAND.
UND WEIL KEIN SPATZ IN ALTENAU SICH HÄLT.
SO BRINGEN WIR IHN AUF DAS GELD
NUN HÄLT IHN JEDER IN DER HAND
BLICK V. ROTHENBERG.
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