Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Pfennig History Series
| Issuer | Neustadt an der Orla (Thuringia), City of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The vignette occupies the full upper register and depicts two Swedish soldiers in 17th-century military dress standing before a half-timbered and Renaissance townhouse, illustrating the Swedish occupation of Neustadt circa 1640; the scene is captioned 'Die Schweden in Neustadt Ann. 1640' at the top. The artist's name 'Körn.au' appears in the upper left corner. A teal band along the lower margin carries the denomination numeral '50' at each extremity flanking the bold gothic inscription 'Notgeld der Stadt Neustadt / Orla', with the printer's imprint 'Druck von Johannes Arndt, Jena' below. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Gerhard (Bürgermeister) |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Neustadt an der Orla issued this note during the peak of Germany's postwar Kleingeldnot — the acute small-change shortage that drove thousands of municipalities to print their own emergency currency between 1920 and 1922. The "History Series" designation indicates the city produced multiple related designs around a local historical theme, a common marketing decision among Thuringian towns that also made such Notgeld attractive to collectors, which was, frankly, part of the point.
Johannes Arndt in Jena handled an enormous volume of Thuringian municipal commissions during this period. The Bürgermeister Gerhard signature appears in printed facsimile rather than manuscript.