50 Pfennig Note, Helmarshausen, Germany, 1921
date: label: date made
content: 1921
label: date on object
content: 1921-05-15
notes: label: Crowdsourcing
content: Transcribed by Smithsonian digital volunteers
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content: [[obverse text]]
label: Description
content: 50 / PF / HELMARSHAUSEN AN DER DIEMEL / NOTGELD / GÜLTIG BIS ZUM 1.MÄRZ 1922 / HELMARSHAUSEN, DEN 15.MAI 1921 / DER MAGISTRAT / [[signatures x3]] / [[seal]] SIEGEL DER STADT HELMARSHAUSEN [[/seal]] / WALLFAHRTSKIRCHE GOTTSBÜREN BEI HELMARSHAUSEN A.D.[[an der]] DIEMEL / 50 / PF / [[translation]] 50 PFENNIG / HELMARSHAUSEN AT THE DIEMEL [[river]] / EMERGENCY CURRENCY / VALID UNTIL THE 1ST OF MARCH 1922 / HELMARSHAUSEN, THE 15TH OF MAY 1921 / THE MAGISTRATE / [[signatures x3]] / [[seal]] SEAL OF THE CITY OF HELMARSHAUSEN [[/seal]] / PILGRIMAGE CHURCH OF GOTTSBÜREN NEAR HELMARSHAUSEN AT THE DIEMEL [[river]] / 50 PFENNIG [[/translation]]
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content: [[reverse text]]
label: Description
content: WALLFAHRTSORT WARD GOTTESBÜREN [[Gottsbüren]] / ZU DES KLOSTERS REICHEM SEGEN, / NACH DEM WUNDER KAMEN PILGER / ALLER ORTEN IHM ENTGEGEN. / BRINGEN IHRE REICHEN GABEN,— / GOLD UND SILBER, WACHS UND KERZEN, / HARREN KNIEEND [[kniend]], HEILUNG HOFFEND, / GLÄUBIG SCHENKEND MIT DEM HERZEN. / UND SO WAR FÜR LANGE ZEITEN / AUCH DES KLOSTERS NOT BEHOBEN, / IMMER FLOSSEN [[from fließen]] REICHE SPENDEN, / JA, DAS WUNDER WAR ZU LOBEN! / J. ABT.[[Abtei]] / TOTER WIRD ALS LEICHN [[Leiche]] CHRISTI DER KIR [[Kirche]] ZU GOTTESBÜREN [[Gottsbüren]] AUFGEBAHRT / R / [[translation]] PILGRIMAGE PLACE BECAME GOTTSBÜREN / TO THE RICH BLESSING OF THE MONASTERY, / AFTER THE MIRACLE CAME PILGRIMS / FROM ALL PLACES ON TOWARDS HIM. / BRING YOUR RICH BOUNTIES,— / GOLD AND SILVER, WAX AND CANDLES, / TO ABIDE KNEELING, HOPING A CURE, / DEVOUTLY GIVING WITH THE HEART. / AND SO IT WAS FOR A LONG TIME / ALSO THE NEED OF THE MONASTERY WAS REMEDIED / ALWAYS FLOWED ABUNDANT OFFERINGS, / YES, THE MIRACLE WAS TO BE PRAISED! / J. ABT. / DECEASED IS LAID OUT AS (THE) BODY OF CHRIST OF THE CHURCH AT GOTTSBÜREN / [[artist]] R [[/translation]]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Helmarshausen
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: NNC German Notgeld
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content: NNC Transcription Center German Notgeld 07
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anna Cote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU45868
label: catalog number
content: NU45868
label: accession number
content: 175975
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
label: Object Name
content: notgeld
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 8.1 cm x .01 cm; 1 31/32 in x 3 3/16 in x in