Currency in crisis – German emergency money 1914-1924, British Museum
- October 06, 2019
- by
- Pierre
Notgeld, or ‘emergency money’, from the early Weimar Republic, is a powerful illustration of the turbulent years during and after the First World War in Germany.
This exhibition reveals how this temporary currency responded to a national crisis with distinctive designs commenting on German society and politics. These range from the Turnip Notgeld lamenting the disastrous food shortage of 1917, to richly illustrated designs featuring regional landmarks and folk narratives, intended to buoy a population hungry for reassurance.
Notgeld with face value of 25 pfennig, issued in Brocken, Germany, 1922.
In its short lifespan, Notgeld’s...
10 and 50 rupees 1968 from Seychelles: Scum and sex banknotes!
- December 23, 2018
- by
- Pierre
Last update the 09/12/2022 – The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was linked to two very controversial banknotes issued in 1968, at time in...
2018-2019 Medal Exhibition at British Museum – “émigré” medallists in Britain
- October 06, 2018
- by
- Pierre
For hundreds of years, artists from other countries have come to Britain and designed important and beautiful medals, adding a new element to British...
