State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Arnstadt (city), (SS / Th) Stadt
Location of issue: Arnstadt (city),
Date of issue: 1921 AD., persons and buildings series
Value: 25 Pfennig
Size: 103 x 72 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : -
Signature: (1)
Printer: ?, A. Paul Weber (designer?)
Obv.: Notgeld der Stadt Arnstadt / 25 / Pfennig / …. , text, signature and eagle (city arms), a in A r n st a dt shown in red at right.
Rev.: 25 – 25 / Marlitt / APW , portrait of Eugenie John facing left in a circular frame, reading women with books flanking, initials APW below.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 43.2-5/6 .
Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the river Gera about 20 kilometres south of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Arnstadt is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia, and has a well-preserved historic centre with a partially preserved town wall.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnstadt
E. Marlitt is the pseudonym of Eugenie John (December 5, 1825 – 1887), a popular German novelist. She was born at Arnstadt. Her father was a portrait painter; her patroness was the Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, who adopted her in 1841 and sent her to Vienna to study music for three years on account of her fine voice.
She became deaf, and returned to Sondershausen, living for 11 years at court as a companion to her patroness. Her correspondents were struck with her attractive style, and encouraged her to write novels. For this purpose, she returned to Arnstadt in 1863, and there began her career as a novelist. She used her experiences at court and as a travelling companion to the princess as material for her books, which were primarily directed against social prejudice.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Marlitt
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