50 pfennig, Saxon Princes’ Robbery: the escape
City of Altenburg · Germany · 1921
A 1921 Notgeld (emergency money) note from the Thuringian town of Altenburg, printed by J. A. Schwarz of Lindenberg im Allgäu. The front shows a city gate tower between a hand, a rose and a lion shield. The back illustrates the Saxon Prince Robbery (Sächsischer Prinzenraub) of 1455, when the knight Kunz von Kauffungen abducted the young princes Ernst and Albrecht from Altenburg Castle.
- Ref
- 2570
- Country
- Germany
- Issuer
- City of Altenburg
- Denomination
- 50 pfennig, Saxon Princes’ Robbery: the escape
- 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
- AU (estimated from photos)
- Copies in the collection
- 1