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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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| Printer | Louis Koch, Halberstadt, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Gernrode-Harz 75 Pfennig Nördliche Hauptempore v. Osten aus gesehen. Nördliche Hauptempore v. Osten mit Aufgang. Die Stiftskirche St. Cyriaci vom Panoramaweg aus gesehen. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung. Gernrode-Harz 24. Oktober 1921 Der Magistrat Louis Koch - Halberstadt Nach Originalen von Carl Wartag Buch- u. Kunstverlag, Gernrode-Harz |
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| Reverse lettering | Vor d. Menschen aufrecht u. gerade Vor Gott gebeugt durch Gnade. Jesche. Uns ward gegeben, auf keiner Stufe zu ruhn. Hölderlin. Mutter Maria in Trauer unterm Kreuze Relief am Taufstein. Der uralte Taufstein byzantinisch. Geburt im Stalle zu Bethlehem Relief am Taufstein. |
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Gernrode is a small Harz town best known for the Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus, one of the most complete surviving Ottonian churches in Germany. The Notgeld series issued here in 1921 leaned heavily into that local identity — as virtually every German municipality did during the Kleingeldnotgeld wave, when the collapse of coin circulation created both a practical shortage and, unexpectedly, a collector market that towns were quick to exploit.
Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional commercial printer who handled Notgeld commissions for numerous Harz-area municipalities. Carl Wartag, the designer credited here, worked across multiple Notgeld series during this period.