Name/Title
CE 1920 50 Pfennig Notgeld Note: Prokop Gives the Girl CherriesDescription
50 Pfennig Notgeld Note: Prokop Gives the Girl Cherries
Naumburg an der Saale, Germany, 1920
Paper emergency money
Issued by the city of Naumburg an der Saale in 1920, this 50 pfennig Notgeld note belongs to a local series illustrating the city’s Hussite cherry legend, later commemorated in Naumburg’s Hussiten-Kirschfest. The illustrated side shows Prokop, the Hussite leader, giving cherries to a girl, a scene traditionally connected with the story that Naumburg’s children helped save the city during the Hussite threat. The reverse identifies the issuing authority as the City of Naumburg, gives the denomination, and states the note’s limited municipal validity. Like many German Notgeld issues, the note served as small-change substitute currency during the early Weimar period while also functioning as a miniature printed artifact of civic memory, local legend, and regional identity.Create Date
June 10, 2026Update Date
June 19, 2026
