| On these pages you will find an ever
growing catalog of Notgeld Notes and brief information pertaining to
each bill or series of bills such as country, city, town, person or theme depicted on the
bill. Notgeld is a term used for the wide variety of mostly German or
Austrian emergency money issued by local governments or businesses during
wartime and other crisis. Most bills on these pages will be from 1914-1923. These
interesting footnotes in numismatic history were first produced at the local
level by cities, towns, businesses and organizations to fill the need for
currency not being met by the government. They were issued for the lowest
denominations to the ridiculously high denominations produced during
hyperinflation. Practical use was limited and they were often printed to
be sold and collected much like one would baseball cards often stored in
Notgeld Albums. there are
thousands of varieties with wide ranging, artistic, social and political
themes using mostly paper and sometimes alternative materials such as iron, zinc,
and porcelain for coins or leather, aluminum foil, and cloth for bills.
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