Scope and Contents: This Collection comprises various denominations (largley small) of notgeld (not money), but a regionally issued coupons good for local purchase.
Notgeld was mainly issued in the form of (paper) banknotes. Sometimes other forms were used, as well: coins, leather, silk, linen, postage stamps, aluminum foil, coal, and porcelain; there are also reports of elemental sulfur being used, as well as all sorts of re-used paper and carton material (e.g. playing cards). These pieces made from playing cards are extremely rare and are known as Spielkarten, the German word for "playing card".
Notgeld notes (coupons) include those issued in Germany Empire, Weimar Republic and Austria in earlier 1920s.