50 pfennig, Saxon Princes’ Robbery: the abduction
City of Altenburg · Germany · 1921
A 1921 Notgeld note from the town of Altenburg in Thuringia, printed by J. A. Schwarz of Lindenberg im Allgäu. The front shows the town's arms with a hand, a tower and a rose, and the back shows the Saxon Prince Robbery (Sächsischer Prinzenraub) of July 1455, when Kunz von Kaufungen abducted the young princes Ernst and Albrecht from Altenburg Castle.
- Ref
- 2578
- Country
- Germany
- Issuer
- City of Altenburg
- Denomination
- 50 pfennig, Saxon Princes’ Robbery: the abduction
- 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
- UNC (estimated from photos)
- Copies in the collection
- 1