Bielefeld German Notgeld sheets on silk, 1921 and 1923
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1921 or 1923
This collection consists of two sheets of German Notgeld, or emergency money, printed on silk. The sheets contain between 6 and 12 colored notes each. The first sheet is a 25 Mark note issued by the Bielefeld Municipal Savings Bank to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the city of Bielefeld, dating to 1921.
The second sheet features a 10,000 Mark note from the same municipal savings bank, dating to 1923. Both items were printed by Gundlach. The dimensions of the sheets are approximately 35 x 40 cm and 35 x 47 cm. These items are distinct examples of silk-printed inflationary-era emergency currency, featuring detailed graphic designs, historical inscriptions, and political commentary typical of the Notgeld issues from the Bielefeld region during the early 1920s.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silk
- Dimensions
- approx. 35 x 40 cm or 35 x 47 cm
Technical characteristics
- Denomination
- 25 Marks and 10,000 Marks
Design
- Subjects
- 700th anniversary of Bielefeld, historical and political motifs
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Gundlach
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