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50 Pfennig Districts Series - Issue 12: Steglitz
| Issuer | Magistrat der Reichshauptstadt Berlin |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#92.1 |
| Obverse description | The left panel carries a vignette of the heraldic Berlin bear in dark brown ink, standing upright against a tan guilloche underprint patterned with small rosettes and repeated '50' numerals. The central field bears the denomination 'Funfzig Pfennige' in bold Gothic blackletter script, below which appear the issuing authority inscriptions and the date '9. Sept. 1921', with two facsimile signatures beneath. A decorative blue geometric lattice border frames the right panel, which contains a circular blank reserve, while the serial number appears in the lower left panel within a teal-ruled cartouche. |
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| Reverse lettering | BEZIRK 12 Steglitz frühere Kirche von Steglitz aus dem 13. Jahrhundert |
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Steglitz was still an independent municipality southwest of Berlin when this note was designed, though by the time it circulated the 1920 Greater Berlin Act had already absorbed it into the expanded capital. The Magistrat issued these district-series Notgeld pieces in enormous quantities — over twelve million for this type alone — as the chronic small-coin shortage of the early Weimar inflation years left everyday transactions grinding to a halt.
High print runs did not guarantee survival. Most Steglitz pieces were redeemed and pulped once the Rentenmark stabilization made emergency municipal paper redundant in late 1923.