Post your Emergency Issue coins and notes

The Army of Paul Von Lettenow 11000 Askaris/ 2000 Germans took on a force of 300K British and remained "undefeated" till after the Armistice. His adversary General Jan Smuts called him the African "Bush Fox". Later the "Desert Fox" would gain fame in WW2 Desert Campaign.
The African units fought with skill and valour throughout the entire War 1914-18.

 

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To join yours, a more humble example from this siege, a 2 Stuiver.

 

'Ormonde' halfcrown struck on an irregular flan of good weight. The obverse die in the heavily flawed state. These were struck in Ireland in 1643 by the Duke of Ormonde.


1644 Oxford halfcrown, Morrieson C-4 with billet stops. Struck soon after the new year.


1646 'B' mint sixpence.


Emergency money of a different sort. For a period of nearly forty years, the mint activity dwindled to virtually zero. Coppers were made under contract by the Soho mint from 1797 to 1807, but silver output was restricted to the RM's 1787 shillings and sixpences, countermarked foreign coins and the Soho restrikes of captured foreign coins into the 1804 5 shillings/dollar. Accordingly, private tokens were produced to facilitate trade. Coppers were produced in vast numbers from the late 1780s up to the Soho 'Cartwheel' issues, and silver issues were widely issued in 1811 & 1812.

A 1794 copper halfpenny of Daniel Eccleston, struck at the Soho mint and an early example of the wide rim/incuse legend technology introduced by Boulton & Watt


And a private issue sixpence for Tripp & Co of Bristol, struck in 1811. The reverse legend is interesting in that it shows the prevailing exchange rate for silver, which fluctuated regularly over a 12 or 13 year period. The initial 8 reales were tariffed at 4 shillings and 6 pence, but immediately revalued to 4 shillings and 9 pence, while the 1804 5 shilling dollar changed hands for up to 5 shillings and 6 pence by 1811.

 

I've added substantially to my notgeld collection, but here's a new purchase!

Westphalia, 1/4 Million Mark PCGS MS63