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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Wittenberg |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red note with a dashed border frame. At left, an oval vignette contains a woodcut-style portrait bust of Emperor Charles V in period attire with a feathered hat, accompanied by a facsimile signature below. The right panel carries the issuer title in ornate Gothic blackletter script, a serial number in blue, the validity date, and the magistrate's manuscript signature. A decorative side strip at right bears repeating denomination numerals '50' within ornamental cartouches. |
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| Reverse description | Grey-toned note with a large central vignette rendered in a bold illustrative style, showing a mounted procession of armoured knights on horseback passing through Wittenberg, with Gothic church towers and red-roofed buildings in the background. The artist's signature 'Christophe' appears at the upper left of the vignette. A decorative right-hand strip carries repeated '50' numerals, an ornate denomination monogram, and the city arms of Wittenberg within a panel. |
| Reverse lettering | Karl V. reitet durch das eroberte Wittenberg 1547 (Translation: Charles V rides through conquered Wittenberg in 1547) |
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