Tearing up Money

Not a very large post for the final month of 2021, as once again I will be showing off something I have talked to at length in previous blog posts.

Normally, when I add something to my collection which I have already spoken about before I often just quietly do it and feel no need to write about it here. On this occasion I wanted to show it off since this specimen was slightly unusual from the other examples often found.

Once again I will be showing you another notgeld banknote from Germany. Dating from 1920, this note was printed in the small town of Bremervorde which is in the Rotenburg area of Lower Saxony. Situated not far from the city of Hamburg. This connection with the city shown in the embossed seals on the bottoms corners of the note.

With the nominal value of 50 pfennig, what really stands out (and is much more easier to see in the second photo) is the perforation down the direct centre of the note. The explanation for this is clearly shown on the design on both the front and back of the note. This is so the note can be broken down in half and used as 25 pfennig instead.

Quite novel in it’s design I am quite sure it is not unique amongst other notgeld notes out there. However, this is the first example I have seen, and the first specimen I was able to add to my collection.