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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bromberg (Posen) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 82 × 47 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central vignette of the Bromberg city coat of arms — a fortified tower flanked by decorative heraldic shields — framed symmetrically by the denomination numerals 50 and the abbreviation Pfg on either side within ornate cartouches. The lower portion contains a boxed redemption clause in Gothic-style letterpress text, with the serial number printed in the upper right field, all within a guilloche outer border. |
| Reverse lettering | STADT BROMBERG 50 Pfg Pfg 50 Dieser Kriegsgeldschein wird ungültig wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrats bei der Stadthaupt- kasse in Bromberg zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. |
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Bromberg — Bydgoszcz in Polish — was in the middle of a genuine territorial crisis when this note was issued. The city had been part of Prussia since the First Partition of Poland in 1772, but the Treaty of Versailles, signed June 1919, awarded it to the newly reconstituted Polish Republic. German municipal authorities continued issuing notgeld through this transition period, effectively printing emergency currency for a city that was legally changing hands.
The Magistrat's authority to issue these notes evaporated when Polish administration formally took control in January 1920.