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50 Pfennig Spandau
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Spandau |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note enclosed within a decorative border of foliate and scrollwork ornaments at each corner, with a watermark-style vignette of the Spandau city arms (a castle tower) as underprint in the centre. The denomination numeral '50' is printed in large bold type over the arms, flanked by the inscription 'FÜNFZIG PFENNIG', with the issuing authority 'KRIEGSNOTGELD DER STADT SPANDAU' at the top. Two manuscript signatures appear for Der Magistrat above the red serial number and series designation at the lower margin, with the printer's imprint 'CARL FLEMMING AG., GLOGAU UND BERLIN' below the border. |
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| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig 50 Pfennig Dieser Schein muß bis zum 30. September 1917 eingelöst sein, andernfalls er seine Gültigkeit verliert. Die Einlösung erfolgt bei der Stadthauptkasse der Stadt Spandau gegen Vorlegung einer durch zwei teilbaren Anzahl von Gutscheinen. Der Magistrat der Stadt Spandau. |
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Spandau issued this note in 1917 under its own municipal authority — a common wartime arrangement as the Reichsbank's metal coinage disappeared into the war economy and local governments scrambled to fill the small-denomination void. Carl Flemming A.G., operating out of Glogau and Berlin, was a commercial printer with a long publishing history rather than a specialist security printer, which is typical of Notgeld production at this stage of the war.
Spandau remained an independent city until its incorporation into Greater Berlin in 1920, which gives this note a brief but genuine municipal identity.