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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 colour letterpress illustrating the Romanesque collegiate church of St. Cyriacus (Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci) at Gernrode: the left panel shows the southern gallery (Südliche Empore) with a view toward the tower side, the central oval vignette presents an exterior view of the church set against a wooded hillside, and the right panel depicts the southern gallery arcade. The denomination '75 Pfennig' appears in Gothic script at all four corners within a blue ruled border, with the title 'Notgeldschein der Stadt Gernrode-Harz' in large blackletter across the top; the lower margin carries the validity disclaimer, issue date of 21 October 1921, a serial number, and the manuscript signature of the Magistrat, with the printer's imprint of Louis Koch, Halberstadt, along the bottom edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Gernrode-Harz Südliche Empore mit Blick nach der Turmseite Die Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci v. Bückeberg Südliche Empore Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung. Gernrode-Harz, 21. Oktober 1921 Der Magistrat |
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Gernrode's 1921 notgeld series was part of the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as hyperinflationary pressure made small-denomination Reichsmark coins disappear from circulation entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply worth less than the effort of producing them. Louis Koch of Halberstadt printed for numerous Harz-region municipalities during this period, and the quality of his work was notably consistent across a run of clients who were essentially commissioning currency on short notice.
The DeNG reference places this as one of twelve notes in the 423.4a series, suggesting Gernrode issued a complete collector-oriented set — a common municipal tactic by 1921, when towns had discovered that hobbyists would pay face value for notgeld they never intended to spend, turning emergency currency into a modest revenue stream.