Banknotes of the Swakopmund Bookshop
Appearance
Banknotes were issued by the Swakopmund Bookshop (German; Swakopmunder Buchhandlung) between 1916 and 1918 as an emergency currency. They issued 10, 25, 50 Pfennig, and 1, 2, and 3 mark notes.[1] Although these were issued under South African administration, these notes are denominated in Pfennig and Mark, which was the South West African mark as opposed to the German South-West African Mark. Despite this, these are genuine British Empire and Commonwealth issues.
These notes are known as 'Gutschein'. These notes are wrongly listed[citation needed] in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (which is published by Krause Publications) under 'German South-West Africa'.[1]
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References
Notes
- ^ a b Cuhaj 2010, p. 548.
Literature
- Cuhaj, George S., ed. (2010). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues (1368-1960) (13 ed.). Krause. ISBN 978-1-4402-1293-2.
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