Post your Emergency Issue coins and notes

Russian (Soviet Red Army Headquarters) military currency for general circulation in occupied territory in China in 1945.

 

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Serbia under the fascist occupation during the World War II.

 

Czechoslovakia under the fascist occupation during the World War II.

 

Poland under the fascist occupation during the World War II.
This coin has the date "1923". But it is not true.

 

Netherlands under the fascist occupation during the World War II.

 

German Post WWI Notgeld - Starved Skeleton Bear in Cave

 

England Charles I Newark-on-Trent Siege 30 pence 1646

During the English Civil War Newark-on-Trent, in the Midlands, was besieged a number of times, finally surrendering on 6 May 1646. Th siege coins were struck from silver plate.

 

Trésor Français - French post WWII issues for occupied Germany and Austria after 1945

 

Régie des Chemins de Fer des Territoires occupés - Franco-Belgian Railways Administration issue for use in occupied German territory, 1923

 

Austria 1948 10 Groschen. Zinc issue post WWII. The film on it is because it’s from a very old German collection and the previous collector oiled most of the zinc and iron coins. I’ve got a lot more wartime issues in the collection to photograph.

 

Now whether than 10 groschen coin is notgeld ... It was first issued roughly at the same time as the zinc 5 gr coin, and that one stayed in circulation for several decades. Now the 10 piece was replaced by an aluminum coin in 1951 - as far as I know, mostly because the two had turned out to bee too similar.

Christian

 

That’s totally fair So I was struggling to narrow down what an “emergency issue” is. I feel like a broader interpretation is good. One that also incorporates inflation and/or metal composition changes due to costs, which were later returned to another metal, could count.

I’m curious if there’s a clear cut numismatic definition for emergency issues?

 

A few more...

 

Don't think so. In German, "Notgeld" usually refers to ersatz issues that fill a gap left by the (temporary) lack or absence of regular legal tender money. Whether that is a generally accepted explanation or concept ... not sure.

Christian

 

WWI 1917 iron 10 pfennig kriegsgeld from Neuweid am Rhein.
Not in great condition, but finding this kind of coin in a 25 cent bin makes me happy.

 

I recently purchased one of those Royan issues. Neat looking piece.

 

France AIRE-SUR-LA-LYS
Aire, in the county of Artois, was besieged ten times between 1127 and 1710. The French under Marshal de la Meilleraie laid siege in May 1641 and Aire surrendered on 26 July but the Spanish retook it on 7 Dec. after another siege. The town was besieged again by the French in 1676 and 1710. However, it remained a Spanish possession until ceded to France by the Treaty of Utrecht on 14 April 1713.
During the first 1641 siege The Spanish commander Bernovitte struck siege coins from his personal and church silver.

Philip IV of Spain 1 Livre (or Real) Uniface Siege Klippe 1641




AIRE-sur-la-LYS
During the War of the Spanish Succession the Allies laid siege to Aire on 6 September 1710. The French surrendered on 9 November.

Louis XIV of France 25 sols Uniface Siege Klippe 1710

 

More WWII occupation currency. "Dai Nippon Teikoku Seihu" (The Administration of the Japanese Troops)

 

I have some of the Spanish ones too, this is the only photo handy though:


I'm not sure if the end of WWII era Japanese porcelains count--they were pottery/clay/porcelain patterns intended to circulate as no metal could be diverted to be used for money at that point. Some of them saw limited circulation, but they were not fully released or circulated on a national scale before the war ended. That said, in some locales, there were a few that circulated.

 

1 Billion Mark 1923 & 5 Mark 1921