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75 Pfennig Brocken/Brockenwirt
| Issuer | Brockenwirt (Brocken, Harz) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 15.05.1922 |
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| Obverse lettering | 75 Pfennig Dieser Brockengutschein wird von allen Verkaufs u. Zahlungsstellen auf dem Brocken bis zum 15.5.1922 in Zahlung genommen Brocken d. 1.7.1921 Der Brockenwirt Rudolph Schade Mephistopheles —Es geht zum neuen Tanz; nun kommt! wir greifen zu— |
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| Reverse lettering | 75 Pfg Einst hat ich einen schönen Traum: Faust. Da sah ich einen Apfelbaum, Zwei schöne Äpfel glänzten dran, Sie reizten mich, ich stieg hinan. Brocken (Harz) 1142 m. R. Schade Appelhans, Braunschweig |
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The Brocken summit, at 1,141 meters the highest point in the Harz, drew enough tourist traffic in the early 1920s that the inn operating there had practical reason to issue its own emergency currency. This is Notgeld in the most literal sense — small change had simply vanished from circulation as Germans hoarded metal during the inflationary spiral, and a mountaintop establishment couldn't rely on delivery of coins that nobody was spending anyway. Appelhans Verlag in Braunschweig was a prolific printer of Harz-region Notgeld during this period, supplying numerous local issuers across the same tight geography.
F. Jüttner's design work appears across several Notgeld issues of the era, suggesting a professional illustrator working on commission rather than a one-off local arrangement. The signature of Rudolph Schade as issuing authority places accountability squarely with the Brockenwirt's management.