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50 Pfennige Note, Berlin, Germany, 1920

Object Details

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Description
[[obverse text]]
FUNFZIG PFENNIGE / STADTKASSENSCHEIN / BERLIN 30. JANUAR 1920 / MAGISTRAT DER REICHSHAUPTSTADT / [[signatures]] / 50 / D / DIESER STADTKASSENSCHEIN / WIRD / SPÄTELSTENS ZUM 31. DEZEMBER / 1920 ZUR EINZIEHUNG / UND EINLÖSUNG ANGERUFEN [[translation]] this note will be collected and retired at the latest date of Dec 31st 1920 [[/translation]] / 092673C / 50
[[reverse text]]
50 / FUNFZIG PFENNIGE / WER STADTKASSENSCHEINE NACH MACHTE ODER VERFÄLLCHT, / ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLCHSTE SCHEINE SICH VERSCHRIFT / UND IN VERKEHER BRINGT, WIRD MIT ZUCHTHAUS / NICHT UNTER ZWEI JAHREN BESTRAST [[translation]] 50 cents. Anyone that forges these notes or passes along fake notes into commerce will be imprisoned for no less than two years [[/translation]]
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1920
date on object
1920-01-30
Credit Line
Igor Prissovsky
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5.4 cm x 8.7 cm x .01 cm; 2 1/8 in x 3 7/16 in x in
Object Name
note
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