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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Frankfurt an der Oder (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 59 × 41.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark green letterpress note with an ornate guilloche border enclosing a central vignette of scrollwork and foliate underprint, upon which the large numeral '50' is printed in bold. The denomination 'PFENNIG' appears in capitals to the left and right of the central numeral. Below, the issuing authority and date 'FRANKFURT A. ODER, den 8. Nov. 1919' are printed in a semi-cursive typeface, followed by two manuscript facsimile signatures under the legend 'Der Magistrat'. A three-line validity clause in Gothic script runs along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFZIG PFENNIG 50 HAUPT- UND HANDELSSTADT FRANKFURT A. ODER Die städtischen Kassen lösen Geldscheine, bei denen die Nummer ganzoder teilweise fehlt, nicht ein. |
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Frankfurt an der Oder issued this 50 Pfennig note in 1919 as Notgeld — emergency municipal currency produced to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued Germany in the immediate postwar period. The central government's inability to supply sufficient coinage left hundreds of municipalities printing their own fractional notes, creating a patchwork of locally issued paper that technically held no legal tender status outside the issuing town's own commerce.
Frankfurt an der Oder's Magistrat series is not among the elaborately printed collector-oriented Notgeld that flooded the market from 1920 onward. This is strictly functional issue — produced to circulate, not to be saved.