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 / Bach / APW , portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach facing right in a circular frame, organ behind.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 43.2-1/6 .
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
The composer Johann Sebastian Bach, whose family lived for generations in the vicinity of Arnstadt, became the organist at the New Church in 1703 while he was still in his teens. He stayed there until 1707. Bach had a high opinion of Johann Friedrich Wender, the organ-builder who had recently constructed the church's organ. While there is some uncertainty about which of his surviving compositions were produced in Arnstadt, there is evidence that the Wender organ, which still survives, allowed Bach to experiment with unusual modulations and harmonies. Many Bach scholars believe his well-known "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" was composed with the Arnstadt organ in mind.
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