RARE COMPLETE SET OF
THE FAMED "CHERRY" NOTES of NAUMBURG
To this day, the Cherries of Naumburg Germany are know for their unique delectable flavor, plumpness and color. The Cherry Festival of Naumberg attracts visitors from all over the world. It turns out that those very cherries may well have saved the town in 1432!!
In that year, a vast legion of Hussites under the command of Prokop the Great (google his name) laid siege to the town, surrounding it on all sides. A humble teacher is said to have led his pupils outside the gates of the beleaguered city to beg the Hussite commander Andreas Prokop for mercy, while making an offering of the town's reserve of the finest cherries known to man. As a result the Hussites spared the town! To this day the cherry festival is known as the Hussite Cherry Festival.
The legend is commemorated in the song "Die Hussiten zogen vor Naumburg"
(The Hussites marched on Naumburg) written by Karl Friedrich Seyferth
in 1832.
It is also commemorated on this exceptionally nice high quality high grade Notgeld currency set!!
This is the very RARE complete set of 12 large 50 Pfennig banknotes which is very hard to assemble these days. Every note is beautifully engraved on thick embossed paper with all images executed as silhouettes!! Every note is Crisp AU-CU or better!! Here are the images/inscriptions:
1) "The Husittes marched forth before Naumburg having sacked Jena and Camburg". The image shows just that, flanked by a dense array of medieval picks and axes which also appear on 2 sides of the subsequent notes.
2) "As they lay before Naumburg, a great lament arose within its walls". Great image of various and sundry male burghers gossiping anxiously.
3) "Across the vast plain as far as the eye could see, nothing but swords and spears by the hundred thousand" Prokop wielding a giant sward as long as he is tall!
4) "Hunger tortures, thirst hurts and a single lot of coffee hit 16 Pfennigs". Female citizens lamenting.
5) "As urgency climbed to its peak, to hope was like grasping at straws". Men women and children tug at the pants leg of "hope".
6) "And a Teacher from the School contemplated rescue, his thoughts turned to the children"
7) "Children, he said, you are Children, you are innocent and free of sin"
8) "I will lead you to Prokop. He cannot be so venal as to massacre you!" Fantastic image of the teacher striding out of the town with the children silhouetted in white! Imagine the suspense as they walked into the enemy's hands!
9) "Before Prokop they appeared". A tiny girl, her hands clasped together as if praying, before the Hussite Giant and his giant sword!
10) "He pulled his long sword (but instead of smiting the children) he commanded his troops: turn around, we back away from Naumburg" Prokop turns on his heels and the teacher and children express their gratitude.
11) "And to honor the Miracle, there is a spectacle every year" Charming image of celebration - as joyful as its theme!
12) "And Prokop shared cherries with the little ones" Another charming image with the little girl curtsying brings the store full circle.
If only all conflicts could be resolved with cherries!
Priced to entice just like the cherries at a mere $3.33 per rare century old uncirculated bill!
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