Collection of interesting items - Notgeld

Titled as 'Group **A or B' showing both sides of respective notes. this is a series of collages of a collection of notgeld; the German name covers monetary items that may be issued by an institution in times of economic or political crisis. The issue is usually made with no official central government sanction, usually arises when sufficient state-produced money is not available and generally refers to money produced in Germany and Austria during World War I.
I may not have attributed the correct names here and there, but tried my best!
Along with the art work, the quality of both paper and printing varies considerably, with the exception of the two bank notes, the largest of these 'notgeld' notes is around 100mm x 75mm (give or take a couple of mm), the smallest being about 45 x 30 mm

The representation of seemingly historic events on some of the notes would, I think, be interesting to research for more detailed information.

Titled as 'Group **A or B' showing both sides of respective notes. this is a series of collages of a collection of notgeld; the German name covers monetary items that may be issued by an institution in times of economic or political crisis. The issue is usually made with no official central government sanction, usually arises when sufficient state-produced money is not available and generally refe…  (read more)

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