NOTGELD

Emergency Money

During and after the First World War, money, especially small change, was in short supply. Paper and metal was being used in the war efforts and people's natural tendancy to hold onto something of value, that is, coins and banknotes, furthered the shortage. Eventually to get over this problem, the state bank appears to have agreed to allow towns, villages and municipalities to issue their own money. These issues were 'emergency' issues. The word 'not' means emergency or necessity and 'geld' means money.

As time went on, more and more towns and villages jumped on the band wagon to print their own money, so that eventually, individual towns were able to produce notes that depicted their town's buildings or things that were important to their identity. If the town produced a commodity, e.g.) silk (Bielefeld), then the notes quite often depicted these manufacturing processes. In the above example, several of the Bielefeld notgeld issues were actually printed on silk and linen. Local 'heroes' could be depicted as could scenes from round and about. So many of these notgeld were so colourful, that it was inevitable that collectors would soon become interested in them. Apart from metal issues, notgeld was usually made of paper. Occasionally it was issued in the form of card, silk, linen, jute, leather, aluminium foil, velvet and by using such things as playing cards (spielkarton). In 1923, notgeld became affected by the runaway inflation that had hit the German economy and so inflationary notgeld began to emerge.

SEREINSCHEINE

Serienscheine(series notes) are a subset of Notgeld. They are also the precursor to the famous German inflationary money of the early 1920s. Collectors of Notgeld are mainly interested in those giant denominations: ten, one hundred, five hundred, and even a thousand million mark currency notes that were circulated in Germany during the worst of the downward economic spiral preceding the National Socialists' rise to power.

Modern Notgeld

Recently Zimbabwe issued it's own Notgeld with bank notes valued up to $100 billion. You may have seen these notes selling on eBay for a few dollars. Well worth collecting if only for the novelty value.

Notgeld from the United States of America

Unbelievable but true. I am selling the new emergency money from the US. This money is legal tender and guaranteed 100% by the US Treasury. To encourage people to collect Notgeld from the United States I am selling the bank notes at FACE VALUE. Take a look at the photos. You will get one note in mint condition for the low price of $1. YES, you read it right, ONE DOLLAR gets you a brand new, mint condition bank note.

Don't delay.

Order NOW as supplies are limited.

Once my supply of notes are gone that's it. This offer may never be repeated.

This is the only denomination I have available. I have heard there were fives and tens printed by the mint but I am finding it too difficult to locate them.

Remember, once my small supply of these notes is gone I may never again be able to make this incredible offer.

Please forward $1.00 for each note plus 41 cents for postage. I'll combine numerous notes in one envelope to save you postage. If you plan to submit your order using PayPal please add 25 cents for each $1 to cover their fees.

NO DEALERS as supplies are very limited.

FACE VIEW OF THIS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE NOTE:

***AT THE 'REQUEST' OF A VERY IMPORTANT AUTHORITY FIGURE I HAVE REMOVED THE SCAN OF THE DOLLAR BILL WHICH WAS HERE.

VIEW OF THE REVERSE:

ORDER TODAY. DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

Due to the economic climate we are in at the moment I may only have a very limited number of these bills available.