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Notgeld album

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: This album of emergency paper currency measures 14-5/8”x11-5/8”x1-7/8” album with the printed title “Notgeld 1914-1924.” It contains approximately 640 separate pieces of the paper currency (Notgeld) issued by regional institutions in Germany and Austria-Hungary, primarily around the end of the World War I. Not issued by a central bank, Notgeld was not legal tender but rather an accepted means of payment in a particular locale.The individual pieces on the 46 pages of the album...
Dates: 1914 - 1928; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1924

General notgeld background information

 Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This album of emergency paper currency measures 14-5/8”x11-5/8”x1-7/8” album with the printed title “Notgeld 1914-1924.” It contains approximately 640 separate pieces of the paper currency (Notgeld) issued by regional institutions in Germany and Austria-Hungary, primarily around the end of the World War I. Not issued by a central bank, Notgeld was not legal tender but rather an accepted means of payment in a particular locale.The individual pieces on the 46 pages of the album...
Dates: 1914 - 1928; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1924