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[[obverse text]] 75 / GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 75 PFENNIG / 75 / D BERGSTADT ALTENAU A HARZ / ALTENAUER / KLATSCHWEIBER / SCHI = HEIL / BAHN FREI / 75 / DIESER GUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT / AM 1. 11. 1921 ALTENAU AHARZ 1. 5. 1921. / DER MAGISTRAT./ [[SIGNATURE]] / 75 / [[reverse text]] 75 / 75 / FIND'ST ZWAR HIER NICHT GOLDNE REBEN, / DIE GEFÜLLT MIT EDLEM WEIN, / BERGSONNE LUFT UND LEBEN / LADEN DICH ZU KOSTEN EIN. / WILLST DU LEBEN FREI VON SORGEN, / SEH'N DIE WELT NICHT TRÜB NOCH GRAU, / O, SO WARTE NICHT BIS MORGAN, / KOMM ZUM SCHÖNEN ALTENAU! / KURHAUS / WALDGARTEN M VILLA MARGARETA / 75 / 75 / N° 59831 /
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[[obverse text - translation]] 75 / VOUCHER FOR 75 PFENNIG / 75 / DIE BERGSTADT ALTENAU AM HARZ / ALTENAUER KLATSCHWEIBER / SCHIHEIL BAHN FREI / 75 / THIS VOUCHER LOSES IT'S VALIDITY [[BECOMES INVALID]] ON 11-1-1921 / ALTENAU AM HARZ 5-1-1921. / THE MAGISTRATE. / [[SIGNATURES X3]] / 75 / [[obverse image]] On the left are what appear to be three woman farmers. In the center is the coat of arms for the city of Altenau. On the right are two people skiing down a snowy slope with trees in the background. [[reverse text - translation]] 75 / 75 / YOU WON'T FIND HERE GOLDEN VINES, FILLED WITH NOBLE WINE, / [instead] MOUNTAIN SUN AIR AND LIFE, INVITE YOU TO TASTE. / DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FREE OF WORRY, SEE THE WORLD NOT GLOOMY NOR GRAY, / O, DO NOT WAIT 'TIL MORNING, COME TO BEAUTIFUL ALTENAU! / SPA-HOTEL "WALDGARTEN" / WITH VILLA MARGARETA / 75 / 75 / [[reverse image]] Geometric border with "75" in each corner. Text in an inner border is text about living in the mountains. In the center is a view through a forest to open rolling fields and a town.
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