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50 Pfennig Berlin, Districts Series - Issue 8: Spandau
| Issuer | Magistrat der Reichshauptstadt Berlin |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left panel carries a tall vignette of the Berlin Bear heraldic figure in dark grey against a geometric underprint, with the numeral 50 superimposed at its base and the serial number below in a teal border cartouche. The central field, covered by a dense rosette-pattern guilloche underprint bearing repeated numeral 50 motifs, displays the denomination and issuing authority in Gothic Fraktur script. The right panel is occupied by an ornate teal interlaced geometric border enclosing a blank circular reserve. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces an early historical engraving of the town of Spandau circa 1800, rendered in fine letterpress, showing a riverside scene with sailing barges, figures unloading cargo, horses, and the town's church towers and fortifications visible across the water. The left border panel, framed in teal interlaced geometric ornament, carries the district series number 8 and the inscription Spandau in Gothic script. The right border panel, similarly ornamented, bears the caption Spandau um 1800 in cursive Fraktur lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | BEZIRK 8 Spandau Spandau um 1800 |
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