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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Burg an der Wupper (City of Burg an der Wupper) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on smooth, firm white paper, the obverse carries a line-engraved panoramic vignette of the hilltop town of Burg an der Wupper with its castle silhouette and spired towers set against a hatched sky. To the upper right, a decorative ribbon scroll bears the town name in Fraktur script, overlapping a circular municipal seal reading 'BURG B.M. SIEGEL ET FREIHEIT' with a heraldic lion device at centre. The lower panel contains the denomination numeral '50' in ornate frames to each side, with the issuing authority text, date '1.XII.21', the title 'Der Bürgermeister', and a manuscript facsimile signature, all enclosed within a scrollwork border band noting validity 'Gültig bis 1.IV.22'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a sepia-toned photographic halftone reproduction, printed using the 'Farbfoto' technique, showing a ground-level view of the Bergfried (keep tower) of Burg castle with the adjacent Schildmauer (shield wall) and surrounding historic buildings including a half-timbered structure to the left. The image occupies the full upper portion of the note on plain white stock, with the descriptive caption in Gothic Fraktur letterpress below. |
| Reverse lettering | Bergfried mit Schildmauer |
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