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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Provinzialverband Ostpreußen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red-pink letterpress note with a geometric guilloche underprint border enclosing corner denomination numerals '50' and ornamental square cartouches. A central vignette in pale red shows a group of armored figures beneath an eagle, with faint patriotic text woven into the background. The issuer title 'Provinz Ostpreußen' appears at the top in bold Fraktur script, with the issue designation 'Ausgabe II' at upper right; below, the serial number field, the large denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in heavy black Fraktur, the guarantor legend, the place and date of issue, and three manuscript signatures over printed role designations occupy the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | Provinz Ostpreußen 50 Pfennig Dieser Geldschein wird von allen staatlichen und kommunalen Kassen, sowie von allen Reichsbankanftalten in Zahlung genommen Wer diese Scheine nachmacht oder fälscht und von nachgemachten oder gefälschten Scheinen Gebrauch macht, wird mit Zuchthaus bis zu zehn Jahren bestraft. (§§ 267, 268 des Reichsstrafgesetzbuches.) |
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The Provinzialverband Ostpreußen — the provincial administrative body of East Prussia — issued notgeld like this 50 Pfennig note under the emergency currency arrangements that proliferated across Germany from 1914 onward, as coin hoarding and metal requisitions drained small denominations from circulation entirely. East Prussia had particular cause for urgency: the province had been partially occupied by Russian forces in late 1914, and the economic disruption lingered long after German forces retook the region.
Local printing in Königsberg kept production close to the issuing authority, a practical necessity given wartime logistics.