75 Pfennig, Stadt Rudolstadt, 1921 (Markt mit neuem Rathaus)
Notgeld Rudolstadt — Schiller-Stätten
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This copy
- Accession
- OM-00520
- Series year
- 1921
- Actually issued
- 1921
- Signatures
- This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
- Grade
- AU (IBNS)
Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.
- Estimated value
- $8 indicative
Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-03.
- Dimensions
- 89 × 64.8 mm (±0.6, from the scan)
- Themes
- NotgeldSerienscheinThuringiaFriedrich SchillerLiteraryWeimar Republic
The type
- Type
- 75 Pfennig, Stadt Rudolstadt, 1921 (Markt mit neuem Rathaus)
- Printer
- Lorsch & Nachbar, Rudolstadt
- Rarity
- common
Symbology
- Schwarzburg lion and bells
- The lion of the Schwarzburg princes whose residence Rudolstadt was, with the bells of Schiller's *Das Lied von der Glocke* ("The Song of the Bell") — the thread running through the whole series.
- "Markt mit neuem Rathaus"
- The market square with the new town hall, one of the Schiller-era views of Rudolstadt that give the series its name.
What was happening
Rudolstadt, the residence town of the princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt beneath the Heidecksburg, was central to Friedrich Schiller's life. He spent the summer of 1788 nearby and courted the von Lengefeld sisters at their house in the town — he married Charlotte von Lengefeld in 1790 — and it was in Rudolstadt, on 7 September 1788, that Schiller and Goethe first met in person.
This 75 Pfennig note belongs to the town's Schiller-Stätten ("Schiller places") series, issued by the Stadtrat on 16 August 1921 and printed by Lorsch & Nachbar of Rudolstadt. The common front carries the Schwarzburg lion and two bells — the bells of Schiller's Lied von der Glocke — flanking the value and the serial. The back of this variety is captioned Markt mit neuem Rathaus, the market square with the new town hall, set beneath lines from the Glocke.
This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 75 Pfennig, Stadt Rudolstadt, 1921 (Markt mit neuem Rathaus) in the collection.
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