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[[obverse text]]
STADT AKEN/ELBE / DIESER GUTSCHEIN VERLIERT SIENE GÜLTIG-KEIT 3 MONATE NACH BEKANNTMACHUNG [[translation]] THIS VOUCHER LOSES ITS VALIDITY 3 MONTHS AFTER PUBLICATION [[/translation]] / AKEN, I. OKTOBER 1921/ DER MAGISTRAT: (signature) / NO 452848

[[reverse text]]
50 / FÜNFZIG PFENNIG / 50 / CÖTHENER TOR / ELBTOR. / IN AKEN, HAT MAN EINST GESAGT, IS NIKS TO MAKEN! GOTT SEI'S GEKLAGT! DAS WORT GILT LANGE SCHON NICHT MEHR, [[GOOGLE TRANSLATION: IN AKEN, YOU HAVE SAYED, IS NIKS TO MAKEN! GOD'S SUCCESSFUL! THE WORD DOESN'T SEE LONG,]] / ES BLÜHN GEWERBE UND VERKEHR. DRUM HEIßT ES JETZT VON AKEN: MIT DICH LETT SICH WAT MAKEN! [[translation]]  AND TRAFFIC. THAT'S WHY IT'S NOW FROM AKEN: WITH DICK LETT SICK WAT MAKEN!]]

Transcription Notes:
[[obverse image] A decorative border with the coat of arms for the city of Aken/Elbe in the center: Within a circle, twin stone towers with a religious figure giving a blessing holding a staff-cross standing on a pedestal under an arch between the towers. Two crests bearing a face on either side of the towers. [[reverse image]] Three panels: left panel: stone clock tower labeled Cötherner Tor at top and C. Krüger at bottom; center panel: cartouche containing drawing of an anchor imposed over a scythe and a caduceus (medical symbol); right panel: Stone tower labeled Elbtor. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Elbtor,+39590+Tangermünde,+Germany/@52.5416114,11.9750575,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOpRGUlb5pQsqx817-bij7r_uG-SjpBx2Cv4cUT!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOpRGUlb5pQsqx817-bij7r_uG-SjpBx2Cv4cUT%3Dw127-h86-k-no!7i1500!8i1015!4m5!3m4!1s0x47af30bf2e86587b:0x4cee769493fc9626!8m2!3d52.5416114!4d11.9750575