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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2250147, member: 38849&quot;]Most of us know the small German paper notes issued by German towns after World War I as &quot;notgeld,&quot; but here is a term (new to me) I found today in Wikipedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...Bielefeld was one of several towns that printed very attractive and highly collectable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknote" rel="nofollow">banknotes</a> with designs on silk, linen and velvet. These pieces were issued by the Bielefeld Stadtsparkasse (town&#039;s savings bank) and were sent all around the world in the early 1920s. These pieces are known as <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>&#039;stoffgeld&#039;</b></span> – that is, money made from fabric.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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