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50 Pfennig History Series - Issue 6 - 1640
| Issuer | City of Arnstadt (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Arnstadt 50 Pfennig 1921 Gültig bis 1 Mo- nat nach Abruf dt der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | The reverse is a triptych composition in red, blue, and black on cream paper, illustrating the 1640 plundering of Arnstadt by the forces of Field Marshal Banér. The large central vignette shows a multi-storey baroque building with a chaotic scene of looting soldiers and scattered goods in the foreground; flanking panels depict a mounted soldier to the left and a standing female figure in period dress to the right. At the bottom, a cartouche with a fine guilloche underprint carries the date '1640' and the historical inscription in two lines, while the denomination numeral '50' appears in red within blue panels at the lower left and right corners. |
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Arnstadt's 1921 Notgeld series commissioned A. Paul Weber — later far better known for his lithographic political allegories under the Third Reich and postwar West Germany — at what was still an early point in his career. The historical theme pegged to 1640 references the Thirty Years' War period, when Arnstadt, as part of the County of Schwarzburg, suffered repeated occupation and depopulation. Weber's involvement in multiple Thuringian Notgeld series during 1921 is well documented; this was commercial illustration work, not yet the charged graphic style he would develop later.