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[[obverse text]]
50 / PFG. / 50 / PFG. / MILCH / "NUR KEIN NEID; WER HAT DER HAT!" / No 60523 /

[[reverse text]]
LÜTCKENS / 50 / GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDEN / ALTENWERDER U. FINKENWÄRDER / DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT / AM 31 MÄRZ 1922 / ALTENWERDER, DEN 1.11.21 / [[SIGNATURE:]] FLÜGGE / BEM. VORSTEHER / [[SIGNATURE:]] TRIEIR / BEIGEORDNETER / FINKENWÜRDER, DEN 1.11.21 / [[SIGNATURE:]] [[AOCH?]] / BEM. VORSTEHER / [[SIGNATURE:]] DETELS. / BEIGEORDNETER / DR. LINNEMANN & CO, G.M.B.H., KÖLN /

Transcription Notes:
[[obverse text - translation]] 50 PFENNIG / 50 PFENNIG / MILK / "ONLY NO ENVY; WHO HAS THAT HAS!" / No 60523 / [[reverse text - translation]] LÜTCKENS / 50 / VOUCHER OF THE COMMUNITIES / ALTENWERDER AND FINKENWÄRDER / THIS [BANK] NOTE LOSES ITS VALIDITY [EXPIRES] / ON MARCH 31, 1922 / ALTENWERDER, THE 1.11.21 / [[SIGNATURE:]] FLÜGGE / [[?]] MANAGER / [[SIGNATURE:]] TRIEIR / BEIGEORDNETER / FINKENWÜRDER, THE 1.11.21 / [[SIGNATURE:]] [[AOCH?]] / BEM. VORSTEHER / [[SIGNATURE:]] DETELS. / BEIGEORDNETER / DR. LINNEMANN & CO GM.B.H., COLOGNE / [[obverse image description]] Huge, grizzly, clawed hand reaching out from official buildings grabbing toward small islands occupied by small villages and farmers with produce (fruit & milch) afloat on a large body of water. The quote in the obverse text translates literally as "Just no envy; Who has got."