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50 Pfennig Districts Series - Issue 7: Charlottenburg
| Issuer | Magistrat der Reichshauptstadt Berlin |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in three vertical panels framed by a teal geometric lattice border. The left panel bears the district designation 'BEZIRK 7' above the shield numeral '7' and the name 'Charlottenburg' in Gothic script. The central panel is occupied by a large intaglio-style topographical vignette reproducing a historical view of the Berliner Straße in Charlottenburg circa 1820, with tree-lined avenue, horse-drawn cart, pedestrian figures, and distant church dome rendered in fine engraved linework. The right panel carries a descriptive caption in Gothic blackletter identifying the scene. |
| Reverse lettering | BEZIRK 7 Charlottenburg Die Berliner Straße in Charlottenburg um 1820 |
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Charlottenburg was still an independent city when much of the imagery for this series was conceived — it had only been absorbed into Greater Berlin in October 1920, less than a year before this note's issue. The merger consolidated eight cities, 59 rural communities, and 27 estate districts into a single administrative unit, creating one of the largest cities in the world almost overnight and immediately generating urgent demand for small-denomination emergency currency that the Reichsbank could not supply fast enough.
At over twelve million printed, this was not a scarce issue. Survivors in undamaged condition are nonetheless harder to find than the print run suggests — Notgeld of this denomination circulated hard before inflation rendered it obsolete within two years.