25 Pfennig Strasburg notgeld showing town hall

This notgeld is from Strasburg and has the value of 25 Pfennig. It shows the townhall of Strasburg. The inscription in German reads: 'Wer kanns machen uberall, dass es jedermann gefall. O Strasburg, o Strasburg, Du meine Heimatstadt, Dein denk ich bis mein Denken derreinst ein Ende hat' and translates as: 'Who can make it so that everybody is satisfied? O Strasburg, o Strasburg, my hometown. I will think of you until my thinking will finally come to an end' This is one of sixty notgeld or 'emergency money' banknotes in the reference collection of packaging material which belonged to the designer Charles Hasler. Notgeld were produced by German towns, villages and municipalities from the end of the First World War until the mid 1920s, when the state bank (the Reichsbank), struggled with wartime metal shortages and post- war hyperinflation. The highly decorative notes soon became collectors items - and still remain to this day. They are double-sided and printed with their monetary value, information about the village, town or province of issue and some colourful illustration.