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50 Mark
| Issuer | Fürstenwalde, City of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 50 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. 4952 Ungültig Fünfzig Mark Stadtkassenschein 50 Fünfzig Mark 50 Dieser Stadtkassenschein wird (spätestens zum 1. Februar 1919) zur Einziehung und Einlösung aufgerufen. Fürstenwalde (Spree), den 3. Dezember 1918. Der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | Plain green reverse with the denomination '50' repeated in dark ink at each corner, printed at an angle. A central vignette presents an ornate baroque cartouche of acanthus scroll-work in brown, enclosing the municipal coat of arms of Fürstenwalde — an eagle — within a shield. 'Fünfzig Mark' in Gothic script appears above the vignette, and a counterfeit warning legend runs along the lower margin. An overprint reading 'Ungültig' (invalid) is applied diagonally across the centre. |
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Fürstenwalde's 50 Mark Notgeld from 1918 belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency currency issued as the Imperial German financial system buckled under wartime strain. By late 1918, coin metal had long been requisitioned, small-denomination Reichsbank notes were hoarded, and towns across Brandenburg were left to fill the gap themselves — often with no central coordination and highly variable printing quality.
Fürstenwalde, a modest industrial town on the Spree east of Berlin, had neither the resources nor the prestige of larger issuers. Municipal Notgeld at this face value was unusual — 50 Mark sat at the upper edge of what local authorities were generally trusted to put into circulation.