30 Pfennig Tegernsee notgeld

This notgeld is from Tegernsee and has the value of 30 Pfennig. Front inscription In German reads: 'Drei Kreuzer die Wurst, sechs die Mass Bier, Gold, Silber u. Kupfer statt Papier. Nicht Schieber, nicht Wucherer weit u. breit, das - war eine koestliche Zeit.' and translates as: Three kreuzer for a sausage, six for a litre of beer, gold, silver and copper instead of paper. Neither profiteers nor extortionists in sight – those were the days.' 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