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50 Pfennig Districts Series - Issue 13: Tempelhof
| Issuer | Magistrat der Reichshauptstadt Berlin |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The Berlin heraldic bear, rendered in dark blue intaglio-style print, stands erect at left against a fine guilloche underprint of repeated '50' numerals and rosette motifs in tan. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals beside the bear, while the right panel carries the value legend in bold Fraktur script. A decorative blue geometric border frame occupies the far right column, incorporating a circular watermark window, with a facsimile manuscript signature below the issuing authority text. |
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| Protection description | Octagonal flowers |
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Berlin's 1921 district notgeld program was an administrative exercise as much as a monetary one — the city had recently incorporated Tempelhof and seven other communities under the Greater Berlin Act of 1920, and issuing a distinct series note for each new district was a quiet assertion of municipal unity during a period when the annexations were still politically contentious in some quarters.
The watermark on this piece is atypical for emergency currency of the period, which was more commonly printed on whatever stock was available. Its presence suggests the Magistrat was using pre-secured bank paper rather than improvised commercial stock.