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50 Pfennig Prinzenraub Series
| Issuer | Stadt Altenburg (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 100 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Altenburg 50 Pf. Ausgegeben: 1921. Dieser Schein verliert die Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Aufruf. DRUCK: J. A. SCHWARZ, LINDENBERG I. ALLGÄU |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Pfg. Nach der Gefangennahme v. Köufüngens führt d. Köhler Schmidt den von ihm befreiten Prinzen Albrecht zurück nach Altenburg. Sächs. Prinzenraub. 50 |
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The "Prinzenraub" — the Prince Theft — refers to the 1455 abduction of two Saxon princes from Altenburg Castle by the knight Kunz von Kaufungen, one of the more dramatic episodes in Thuringian medieval history and a point of persistent local pride. Altenburg leaned on this story repeatedly in its Notgeld output, and the 1921 Schwarz-printed series is among the more elaborately thematic issues from the region.
J. A. Schwarz of Lindenberg im Allgäu was a prolific Notgeld printer whose output during the 1921–1922 inflation wave was substantial enough that quality and registration consistency varied across runs.