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50 Pfennig Spandau
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Spandau |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | KRIEGSNOTGELD DER STADT SPANDAU FÜNFZIG 50 PFENNIG DIE EINLÖSUNG ERFOLGT BIS 30. SEPT. 1917 DER MAGISTRAT REIHE IV CARL FLEMMING AG., GLOGAU UND BERLIN |
| Reverse description | Printed in green on cream paper, the reverse carries a large underprint numeral '50' flanked by 'Fünfzig' and 'Pfennig' in script lettering across the upper field. The lower portion is divided between a rectangular text panel containing the redemption conditions in German Gothic script and, to the right, a line-engraved vignette of the Spandau municipal coat of arms showing a fortified castle with an eagle on the shield. |
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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.