2 Mark Strausberg notgeld

This notgeld is from Strausberg and has the value of 2 Mark. It shows Wallenstein, Bohemian soldier and statesman during the Thirty Years' War, on the Marienberg with two men. The inscription translates as: Wallenstein on the Marieberg near Strausberg, 1624 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.