Der Harz im Spiegel des Notgeldes von 1917 bis 1923
Money of necessity means shortage of money - lack of cash, galloping inflation, political turmoil. As a substitute, it can only partially fulfil the function of full-value money, because in practice it is valid only in the business relations with the issuer: municipalities, institutions, companies, to the bakery around the corner. Especially the first often issued elaborate coupons - mostly ...