Berlin

Berlin is a city in the west of Germany inhabited by 3,574,830 people nowadays. It belongs to the region Berlin.

A bit about Berlin

Berlin is a city in which the Spree river flows into Havel river.

Two towns were founded around the year 1200 (Berlin and Cölln), which were united in 1307 forming a single city that retained the name of Berlin. The city was elected capital of the Margravate of Brandenburg in 1415 (one of the many states of the Holy Roman Empire). Untill 1762, East Prussia (and with it Berlin) was in Russian hands (since the Seven Year's war), when Russia withdrew it in a peace treaty  (because of the admiration that Peter III processed towards Frederick the Great of Prussia). Berlin became the capital of the German Empire in 1871 when Prussia achieved the unification of Germany (after defeating Austria in the Seven Weeks was and the Second French Empire in the Franco-Prussian war), increasing the population and becoming a cultural reference and an architectural and financial center worldwide. It was the capital of Nazi Germany too and, after being destroyed during the World War II, it was divided in two by the Berlin Wall: West Berlin (belonging to the German Federal Republic) and East Berlin (part of the GDR). After the fall of the GDR, Berlin became again the capital of all Germany.

Notgeld

The city of Berlin coined banknotes of 50 Pfennig and 2 Marks.

50 Pfennig (fünfzig Pfennig)

This banknotes worth 50 Pfennig was first circulated in September the 9th 1921. On the main side left it can be seen Berlin's coat of arms, consisting in a black bear rampant, and a 50.  In the center appears the written value of the banknote and the name of the currency in German (Stadtfassenschein). In the right part appears an embossed stamp from the local authorities plus geometric decorative elements.

On the other side of the banknote, it can be seen the 17th district in the Greater Berlin Act (1920), Lichtenberg one (in the east of the city), with an image of farmers working, wood houses, a forest and the old Lichtenberg church (Alte Pfarrkirche Lichtenberg). There's a text in the right saying Lichtenberg um. This banknote has no digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 10.4 cm x 5.4 cm.