Weimar Republic, Monetary coupons, regional. Notgeld, 1919-1923

Collection Overview

Title: Weimar Republic, Monetary coupons, regional. Notgeld, 1919-1923

Predominant Dates:1920 -- 1922

ID: RG-114/RG-114

Creator: German regional financial authorities (until 1923)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Languages: German [ger]

Abstract

Notgeld (German for "emergency money" or "necessity money") refers to money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis. The issuing institution is usually one without official sanction from the central government. This occurs usually when sufficient state-produced money is not available from the central bank. Most notably, notgeld generally refers to money produced in Germany and Austria during World War I and the Interbellum. Issuing institutions could be a town's savings banks, municipality and private or state-owned firms.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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.

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-114.01, Notgeld coupon, Bad Gastein, Austria, 10 heller, 1920

Notgeld coupon, issued in Bad Gastein, Austria, local value, denomination of 10 Heller, 1920

Subject/Index Terms:: Imagery of the Notgeld, local landmarks, Germany and Austria; In the aftermath of outbreak of the First World War, issuance of notgeld; Notgeld, a mutually accepted means of payment in regions and localities, Germany, Austria, 1920s; Bad Gastein (Austria); Notgeld issued in Bad Gastein, 10 Heller, 1920; Issuing institutions of Notgeld, not a Central Bank, Germany, Austria; Bad Gastein, 10 Heller, Notgeld, 1920

Creators:: Austrian regional financial institution, post First World War (1919 -- 1923)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-114.02, Notgeld coupon, Bad Honnef am Rhein, Germany, 99 Pfennig, 1921

A 99 Pfenning Notgeld coupon, issued in Bad Honnef on Rhine, Germany in 1921

Subject/Index Terms:: Hyperinflation in Germany in 1923, issuance of more and more notgeld; Imagery of the Notgeld, local landmarks, Germany and Austria; Notgeld (German "emergency money") issued by an institution not authorized for money emission; Notgeld, a mutually accepted means of payment in regions and localities, Germany, Austria, 1920s; Notgeld, Germany, necessity money, issued as coupons by regional authorities, also in Austria; Bad Honeff (Germany); Notgeld coupons issued in Bad Honeff, Germany in denomination of 99 Pfenings; Documents in German language; Notgeld, Coupon in denomination of 99 Pfennig, Bad Honnef, Germany, 1921

Creators:: German regional financial authorities (until 1923)