50 pfennig, castle arches
City of Lobeda · Germany · 1921
Notgeld (emergency money) issued by the town of Lobeda near Jena in Thuringia. The front shows a view through the Romanesque arched windows of the Lobdeburg castle ruin over the Saale valley, flanked by knights, with the caption 'Auf den Bergen die Burgen'. The back depicts the castle tower within a verse about the mighty Lords of Lobdeburg, with the Madonna and an armoured knight bearing heraldic shields.
- Ref
- 2583
- Country
- Germany
- Issuer
- City of Lobeda
- Denomination
- 50 pfennig, castle arches
- 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