Guhrau 1914 notgeld

from the Wildman Collection

Guhrau during the Weimar Republic

This set of fifty pfennig, one mark and two mark notgeld, was issued by the Silesian city of Guhrau at the beginning of World War One. Notgeld currency at this stage was strictly functional, used to alleviate a currency shortage caused by hoarding, but later issues (c.1921-23) were sold as souvenirs and rarely circulated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: paper.

Source:

• Funck, Walter, Die Notmunzen der deutschen Stadte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Lander, etc.; Band 1: Standardkatalog der amtlichen Ausgaben 1916-1921, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Geitl Verlag, 2000.

Link to:

• Coins and currency dated 1914
• return to coins of German States, Silesia
• see the Wikipedia article on Gora, now in Poland: [1]