75 Pfennig Brunsbuettelkoog notgeld

This notgeld is from Brunsbuettelkoog and has the value of 75 Pfennig. Reverse shows steamboat Cape Town Maru-Cobe filled with soldiers returning in 1919, with inscription in German that reads: 'kriegsgefangenen empfang. Verein für handel gewerbe und industrie' and translates ' prisoners of war return. Association for trade, commerce and industry'. 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.