Types / 1921
50 Pfennig, Eschershausen in Braunschweig, 1921
Gutschein der Stadt Eschershausen i. Br.
What was happening
The 50 Pfennig value of Eschershausen's Wilhelm Raabe series. The town in the Weserbergland was the birthplace of the novelist Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), and the whole set is a civic tribute to him. The common front shows Raabe's birthplace, a panorama of Eschershausen in Braunschweig, and the Raabeturm und Denkmal (the Raabe lookout tower and monument).
The back of this value, drawn by F. Jühner, shows a wanderer resting on a hill above a valley, with a line from Raabe's Chronik der Sperlingsgasse: "Vergesse ich dein, Deutschland, großes Vaterland, so werde meiner Rechten vergessen!" Issued 1 June 1921, valid until 1 July 1922, signed by Elsner. It completes the denominations alongside the 10 Pfennig ([[notgeld-eschershausen-10-pfennig]]), 25 Pfennig ([[notgeld-eschershausen-25-pfennig]]), 1 Mark ([[notgeld-eschershausen-1-mark]]) and 2 Mark ([[notgeld-eschershausen-2-mark]]).