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[[obverse text]]
STADT HAMELN A.D.[[an der]] WESER / 1918 / [[image]] / 50 / GUT / FÜR / FÜNFZIG / PFENNIG / 50 / DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON UNSERER KÄMMEREIKASSE EINGELÖST. ER VERLIERT SEINE / GÜLTIGKEIT EINEN MONAT NACH AUFKÜNDIGUNG IN DEN HAMELNER ORTSBLÄTTERN. / 
HAMELN, DEN 1.JULI 1918 / DER MAGISTRAT: [[signature]] JÜRGENS /
[[translation]] CITY OF HAMELN ON THE WESER RIVER / 1918 / [[image]] / 50 / GOOD FOR FIFTY PFENNIG / 50 / THIS VOUCHER IS REDEEMED BY OUR TREASURY. / IT LOSES ITS VALIDITY ONE MONTH AFTER NOTICE OF TERMINATION IN THE HAMELN LOCAL PAPERS. / HAMELN, THE 1ST OF JULY 1918 / THE MAGISTRATE: [[signature]] JÜRGENS [[/translation]]

[[reverse text]]
50 / ANNO 1284: AM DAGE JOHANNIS ET PAULI WAR DER 26 JUNII / DORCH EINEN PIPER MIT ALLERLEY FARVE BEKLEDET / 50 / L. ENDERS / [[image]] / 50 / GEWESEN cxxx KINDER VERLEDET BINNEN HAMELEN GEBORN / TO CALVARIE BI DEN KOPPEN VERLOREN. / 50 
[[dialect into German]] AM TAGE JOHANNES & PAUL WAR DER 26.JUNI / DURCH EINEN PFEIFFER MIT ALLERLEI FARBE BEKLEIDET / GEWESEN 130 KINDER VERLEITEN INNERHALB HAMELN GEBOREN / ZU CALVARY BEI DEN KOPPEN VERLOREN. [[/dialect into German]]
[[translation]] 50 / IN THE YEAR 1284: ON THE DAY OF JOHN AND PAUL, IT WAS THE 26TH OF JUNE / AT THE HANDS OF A PIPER, CLOTHED IN MANY COLORS / 50 / L. ENDERS [[artist]] / [[image]] / 50 / 130 CHILDREN BORN IN HAMELN WERE LED AWAY, TO [[their]] CALVARY NEAR THE KOPPEN, [[and]] LOST. [[/translation]]

Transcription Notes:
CALVARY = location where the roadside crosses were placed (after they went missing) KOPPEN = there is a mountain outside of Hameln called POPPENBERG where the children disappeared [[obverse image]] two rats, facing each other, standing on rear legs [[reverse image]] drawing of the Pied Piper of Hamlin (Hameln) leading children through a meadow area of grass, flowers, vines, birds - children are carrying a play sword and a flag