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50 Pfennig Graudenz
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Graudenz |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed in grey-brown letterpress. The issuer's name 'Stadt Graudenz' is set in large serif type across the upper portion, with the large numeral '50' to the right centre and the word 'Pfennig.' in italics below it. To the left centre, a decorative circular guilloche vignette encloses a square inner frame, the border composed of spiral scroll motifs arranged at regular intervals. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Graudenz 50 Pfennig. |
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Graudenz issued this note in 1919 under acute political pressure — the city's status was actively contested during the Paris Peace Conference, and it would be formally transferred to the new Polish Republic later that year under the Treaty of Versailles. Notgeld from this transitional window carries a particular weight: the issuing Magistrat was administering a city it was about to lose.
At 46 × 27 mm, this is among the smaller Notgeld pieces of the period, almost certainly a function of paper economy rather than design intent.