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[[obverse text]]
GUTSCHEIN DER STADT LAUENBURG A.D.[[an der]] ELBE / [[image]] / DEM ZAUBERBANN KANN ICH NICHT MEHR ENTFLIEHEN, / DER EINGANG IN DES HERZENS TIEFE FAND. / WO ICH AUCH WEILE, IMMER WIRD'S MICH ZIEHEN / ZU DIR, MEIN LAUENBURG AM ELBESTRAND. / 1.JULI / 1921 / WERTHER / [[image]] / LAUENBURG, DAS ROTHENBURG DER ELBE. / 50 / PFENNIG / DIESER GUTSCHEIN / WIRD VON D.[[der]] STADTKASSE / DER STADT / LAUENBURG-ELBE / EINGELÖST. / ER VERLIERT / EINEN MONAT / NACH AUFRUF / SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT. / DER MAGISTRAT. / [[signature]] / MOLL K.G. LÜBECK / [[note]] NU 59831 [[/note]]

[[translation]] VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF LAUENBURG AT THE ELBE (RIVER) / [[image]] / THE MAGIC SPELL, I CANNOT ESCAPE ANYMORE, / THE ENTRANCE FOUND IN THE DEPTH OF THE HEART. / WHEREVER I ABIDE, IT WILL ALWAYS DRAW ME TO YOU, / MY LAUENBURG ON THE ELBE SHORE. / JULY 1, 1921 / WERTHER / [[image]] / LAUENBURG, THE ROTHENBURG OF THE ELBE (RIVER). / 50 PFENNIG / THIS VOUCHER IS REDEEMED BY THE CITY-BANK OF THE CITY OF LAUENBURG-ELBE. / IT LOSES ITS VALIDITY ONE MONTH AFTER SUMMONS. / THE MAGISTRATE. / [[signature]] / MOLL K.G. LÜBECK / [[note]] NU 59831 [[/note]] [[/translation]]

[[reverse text]]
GUTSCHEIN DER STADT LAUENBURG / A.D. [[an der]] ELBE / 1181 / 50 PF / [[image]] / LAUENBURG / STEIHT NU DUSEND JOHR, / WÜ WÖRN HÜVIG IN GEFAHR / VÖR HUNNERT JOHR HARN WÜ / FRANZOSEN HIER - DAT LEBEN WÖR / OK DOMOLS DÜER - SÄT DAT HÜT OK / TRURI UT, - LAUENBORG / KÜMMT DOCH WERRER / RUT! / H. ELVERS / DIE FESTE LOWENBORCH IM 13.JAHRHUNDERT / MÜLLER-BERC

[[dialect into german]]
LAUENBURG STEHT NUN TAUSEND JAHR, / WIR WAREN HÄUFIG IN GEFAHR
VOR HUNDERT JAHR HABEN WIR / FRANZOSEN HERE - DAS LEBEN WAR / 
AUCH DAMALS TEUER - [[SIEHT?]] DAS HEUTE AUCH / TRAURIG AUS, - LAUENBURG / KOMMT DOCH WIEDER HERAUS! /
[[/dialect into german]]

[[translation]] VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF LAUENBURG AT THE ELBE (RIVER) / 1181 / 50 PFENNIG / [[image]] / LAUENBURG STANDS NOW A THOUSAND YEARS / WE WERE FREQUENTLY IN DANGER / A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WE HAD FRENCH HERE - / LIFE WAS EVEN EXPENSIVE THEN - [[LOOKS?]] SOMBER TODAY TOO, - / LAUENBURG EMERGES AGAIN! / H. ELVERS / THE LOWENBURG (LAUENBURG) FORTRESS IN THE 13TH CENTURY / MÜLLER-BERC [[/translation]]

Transcription Notes:
[[obverse image]] at left- crest- castle with turrets + another crest (eagle + stripes) at center- riverside scene- river, barges, houses, trees, german flag [[reverse image]] cliff-top fortress with multiple turrets and extensive walls overlooking river, riverside buildings, two sailboats + anchor Some of the text is written in a style of German that is difficult to read and isn't in high German. Someone who is a native German speaker/has specific knowledge of this dialect should proofread it.