Warendorf 1920 1/2 mark notgeld

from the Wildman Collection

from the Wildman Collection

In 1918 and 1920, the Westfalian town of Warendorf issued five, ten, twenty-five pfennig and half mark notgeld featuring the local city tower. The half mark denomination is rather unusual, fifty pfennig being more typical.

Recorded mintage: 75,000.

Specification: steel, 23.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Funck 575.6.

Source:

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

Link to:

• Duren 1919 1/2 mark notgeld
• Oberstein 1919 25 pfennig notgeld
• Bonn 1920 50 pfennig notgeld
• Coblenz 1921 10 pfennig notgeld
• Coins and currency dated 1920
• return to coins of German notgeld