75 Pfennig Note, Gernrode, Germany, 1921

Description:

[[obverse text]]

75 / PFENNIG / NOTGELDSCHEIN DER STADT / GERNRODE-HARZ / 75 / PFENNIG / AUFERSTEHUNG CHRISTI MIT D.[[den]] BEIDEN / WÄCHTERN – RELIEF A.BYZANT.[[am byzantinischen]] TAUFSTEIN. / DIE STIFTSKIRCHE ST. CYRIACI V.[[von]] NORDWESTEN. / ENGEL MIT BUCH DES LEBENS - RELIEF AM BYZANT.[[byzantinischen]] TAUFSTEIN. / 75 / PFENNIG / DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT EINEN MONAT NACH ERFOLGTER / ÖFFENTLICHER AUFFORDERUNG. / GERNRODE-HARZ, 21.OKTOBER 1921 / DER MAGISTRAT [[signature]]. / 037227* / 75 / PFENNIG. / LOUIS KOCH – HALBERSTADT / NACH ORIGINALEN VON CARL MITTAG - BUCH- U.[[und]] KUNSTVERLAG – GERNRODE-HARZ [[translation]] 75 PFENNIG / EMERGENCY CURRENCY NOTE OF THE CITY OF GERNRODE-HARZ / 75 PFENNIG / RESURRECTION OF CHRIST WITH THE TWO GUARDS - RELIEF ON THE BYZANTINE BAPTISMAL FONT. / THE ABBEY CHURCH - ST. CYRIAKUS FROM THE NORTHWEST / ANGEL WITH THE BOOK OF LIFE - RELIEF ON THE BYZANTINE BAPTISMAL FONT. / 75 PFENNIG / THIS NOTE LOSES ITS VALIDITY ONE MONTH AFTER ITS PUBLIC SUMMONS. / GERNRODE-HARZ, OCTOBER 21, 1921 / THE MAGISTRATE [[signature]]. / 037227* / 75 PFENNIG. / LOUIS KOCH – HALBERSTADT / AFTER ORIGINALS BY CARL MITTAG - BOOK AND ART PUBLISHER – GERNRODE-HARZ / [[/translation]]

[[reverse text]]

DER ERNST, DER HEILIGE, / MACHT ALLEIN DAS LEBEN ZUR EWIGKEIT. / GOETHE. /

ICH GLAUBE AN EINE / LETZTE VERVOLLKOMMNUNG. / BISMARCK 1887. / W.O. / ÄUßERES DER STIFTSKIRCHE ST. CYRIACI. / ALTARRAUM U.SÜDL.[[und südlich]] KREUZARM. / SÜDSEITE MIT DEN KREUZGÄNGEN / UND SÜDLICHEM TURM. [[translation]] THE EARNESTNESS, THE HOLY, ALONE, MAKES LIFE ETERNITY. -GOETHE. / I BELIEVE IN ONE LAST ADVANCE. -BISMARCK 1887. / [[artist initials]] WO / EXTERIOR OF THE ABBEY CHURCH - ST. CYRIAKUS. / ALTAR ROOM AND SOUTH CROSS-ARM. / SOUTH SIDE WITH THE CLOISTERS AND SOUTHERN TOWER. [[/translation]]

Date Made: 1921Date On Object: 1921-10-21

Crowdsourcing: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteersLocation: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony-Anhalt, Gernrode

Subject: NNC German Notgeld

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection, NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 07

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Catherine Bullowa

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: NU.NU60010.077Catalog Number: NU6001.077Accession Number: 222036Serial Number: 037227

Object Name: notenotgeld

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 6.1 cm x 9.3 cm x .01 cm; 2 13/32 in x 3 21/32 in x in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-3638-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1912592

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