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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Rostock (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and yellow on cream paper within a double-ruled border, the obverse carries a Low German verse in blackletter script along an upper banner. The central vignette comprises three medieval sailing vessels with billowing sails rendered on stylized waves in bold woodcut-style line art, flanked by the denomination "50 PF" in large yellow numerals set within foliate cartouches at left and right. The issuing authority legend "SEESTADT ROSTOCK" runs in bold yellow block lettering across the upper centre, with validity and authorizing body inscriptions along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Je, Rostock! – Jeden Meckelnbörger geiht dat Hart up, un männigmal ok de Geldbüdel, wenn von Rostock de Red' is. SEESTADT ROSTOCK 50 PF GÜLTIG FÜR DEN GELDVERKEHR INNERHALB DES STADTGEBIETS BIS 31. MAI. 1922. DER RAT STADTVEROORDN: VORST. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black, blue, and yellow within a double-ruled frame, with the designer's signature "EGON TSCHIRCH" inscribed in the upper left corner. The legend "REUTER GELD" appears in large blue blackletter script flanking a central denomination panel showing "50 PFENNIG" in yellow numerals within a wreath cartouche. The lower half presents a panoramic line-art vignette of the Rostock cityscape viewed from across the water, with the church spires of the Altstadt rendered in fine detail and the legend "SEESTADT · ROSTOCK" in bold yellow block letters along the lower margin. |
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