German District of Palatinate One Hundred Million Mark Notgeld

Name/Title

German District of Palatinate One Hundred Million Mark Notgeld

Entry/Object ID

2004.004.233

Description

German District of Palatinate One Hundred Million Mark Notgeld. Accession number on reverse in lower right corner.

Context

Notgeld is money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis. The issuing institution is usually one without official sanction from the central government. This occurs usually when sufficient state-produced money is not available from the central bank. Most notably, notgeld generally refers to money produced in Germany and Austria during World War I and the Interbellum. Issuing institutions could be a town's savings banks, municipality and private or state-owned firms. Nearly all issues contained an expiry date, after which time they were invalid. Issues without dates ordinarily had an expiry announced in a newspaper or at the place of issuance.

Collection

Banknotes

Made/Created

Date made

1914 - 1924

Time Period

20th Century

Place of Origin

Region

Palatinate, Central Europe

State/Province

Bavaria

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

Notgeld

Currency

German Mark

Denomination

100,000,000

Issuing Authority

District of Palatinate

Production Dates

1923

Serial Number

136532

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

3-3/4 in

Length

6 in

Composition

Material

Paper