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50 pfennig

City of Schwanebeck · Germany · 1921

Front of the 50 pfennig note from City of Schwanebeck
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Back of the 50 pfennig note from City of Schwanebeck
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Notgeld (emergency money) issued by the Magistrat of the small Saxony-Anhalt town of Schwanebeck, dated 1 April 1921 and printed by Louis Koch of Halberstadt. One side shows the town's swan emblem with the validity text, and the other shows the thousand-year-old lime tree and chapel with a verse on peace and prosperity. Like other Notgeld, it is not listed in the Pick catalogue.

Ref
2648
Country
Germany
Issuer
City of Schwanebeck
Denomination
50 pfennig
Catalogue number
–
Date
1921 (printed on the note)
Estimated value
£0.65 to £1.48 · price guide: Numista prices for German series Notgeld of 1920–21 (typically $0.87–2)
Grade
AU (estimated from photos)
Copies in the collection
1
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