25 Pfennig, Eschershausen in Braunschweig, 1921
Gutschein der Stadt Eschershausen i. Br.
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This copy
- Accession
- OM-00519
- Series year
- 1921
- Signatures
- This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
- Grade
- AU (IBNS)
- Dimensions
- 94.3 × 64.2 mm (±0.5, from the scan)
- Themes
- NotgeldSerienscheinBrunswickWilhelm RaabeLiteraryAmelungsbornWeimar Republic
The type
- Type
- 25 Pfennig, Eschershausen in Braunschweig, 1921
- Printer
- Not established
- Rarity
- common
Symbology
- Amelungsborn
- The Cistercian abbey of Amelungsborn, founded in 1135, a few kilometres from Eschershausen. One of the oldest monastic foundations in the Brunswick country.
- Crosses and mountains
- The Weserbergland as a sacred landscape, linking the monastery to the Raabe quotation.
- "Die Berge sind den Göttern heilig"
- "The mountains are holy to the gods." From Wilhelm Raabe's *Nach dem großen Kriege* (1861). Raabe (1831–1910), born in Eschershausen, was one of Germany's foremost realist novelists. Here the Weserbergland mountains are cast as a place of permanence and the sacred, set against the ruins of war.
What was happening
The 25 Pfennig denomination from Eschershausen. The front shares the same layout as the 10 Pfennig: Wilhelm Raabe's birthplace and the Eschershausen panorama.
The back shows views of the nearby Amelungsborn Abbey and the wooded hills of the Weserbergland, with crosses against a radiant sky and a quote from Raabe's Nach dem großen Kriege: "Die Berge sind den Göttern heilig." ("The mountains are holy to the gods.")
Issued 1 June 1921, valid until 1 July. Signed by Elsner, with artist monogram F.J.
This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 25 Pfennig, Eschershausen in Braunschweig, 1921 in the collection.
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