Greek banknote during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WWII, issued by the Bank of Greece in October 1944 (2)
Greek banknote during the Nazi occupation of Greece in WWII, issued by the Bank of Greece in October 1944
Denomination and geometric design: blue and brown print on white background. (reverse) Coin of Syracuse showing head of Arethusa, left, and dolphins; pattern and denomination to left: blue and brown print on white background. (obverse)
USA 2-dollar banknote issued by the Federal Reserve Bank in 2003 (2)
USA 2-dollar banknote issued by the Federal Reserve Bank in 2003
Scene showing the signing of the Declaration of Independence at centre: green print on white background. (reverse). Portrait of Thomas Jefferson at centre within oval frame: black and green print on white background. (obverse)
USA 35-dollar banknote, issued by the Government of the United States of America in 1779 in Pennsylvania
1 Rupee Banknote issued in 1916 by the German East African Bank under the auspices of the German Empire. It represents an emergency WWI issue.
Text at centre. Linear frame. Overstamped diagonical strip with denomination. Design printed in black on beige background. (reverse) Coat of arms of the German Empire at upper left. Design printed in black print on beige background. (obverse)
Emergency money. Porcelain coin for 10 marks from Meissen.
Emergency money. Porcelain coin for 10 marks from Meissen, 1921
This is a red stoneware (Böttgersteinzeug) coin minted by the celebrated ceramic factory at Meissen in Germany. Meissen had produced its first porcelain medallion in 1710, shortly after the factory was established. Regular production of German porcelain coins as currency for a variety of towns, cities, and regains (emergency money and donation coins) began at the end of 1920 and in the first months of 1921, at the beginning of a period of hyperinflation following the end of World War I. Notgeld (German for "emergency money" or "necessity money") was special money issued primarily in Germany and Austria to deal with economic crisis situations such as a shortage of small change or hyperinflation. It was not issued by the central bank (Reichsbank) but by various other institutions such as town savings banks, municipalities, private and state-owned firms. It was therefore not legal tender, but rather a mutually-accepted means of payment in a particular locale or site. Around the end of the 19th century one of the porcelain factories in the town of Meissen started making small medals out of hard terra cotta and porcelain. They proved popular and a series of several hundred items was produced over a period of about 60 years.
George Bickham the Younger, Broadside celebrating William Pitt, 1745, 330x531x423 mm
A British broadside celebrating William Pitt, and London merchants and traders who declared to continue to accept paper money at a time of financial crisis caused by the Jacobite Rising and other events in 1745 The Jacobite Rising of 1745, the threat of the invasion of England by France, huge war expenses by the Government, and other political events accumulated into a general panic, and a run on the Bank of England. In order to counteract a financial crisis, merchants and traders declared that they would continue to accept paper money.