Germany
German Notgeld – City of Schmölln
This Popular Notgeld Serienscheine was produced by a wine shop owned by Otto Seidel. It has typicalcomic-style illustrations of the era dealing with wine (of course) and money issues of the time. This series has five notes, a 25 Pf, two 50 Pf notes, a 75 Pf note and a 1 Mark note Schmölln is a German town located in the East-Central part of Germany. Sadly, it seems that the wine shop is no longer active in Schmölln today.
25 Pfennig – Drinking
Es ist ein Brauch von alter her – | It is a custom from ancient times – |
Wer Sorgen hat, hat auch likor | If you have worries, you also have liqueur |
50 Phennig – Waiter with wine
Fur hundert dieser scheine | For a hundred of these bills |
die allerfeinsteir Weine | the very finest wines |
50 Pfennig – Postman with a 50 Pf note
Wenn Dir bringt ein Kassenbote Von dieser Sorte Note – | So nim sie ruhig und sei helle – Denn dieser Gutschein ist aus Schmelle |
If a cashier brings you a note of this kind, | take it calmly and be bright. Because this voucher is from Schmelle |
75 Pfennig Man walking
with sack of 10,000 Marks
Ein Dieb kam in mein Haus geschlichen-mein geld ganzes Geld tat er erwischen – | A thief snuck into my house – he took all my money – |
Han nur noch solche Scheine – Likore un auch Weine! | Only have such bills – liqueurs and wines too! |
1 Mark devil with 1 silver mark coin
Der Teufel Nur Nach Silber tracht Ich hab papiergeld mir gemacht | und weschle gerne diesen schein auch gegen reichsgeld bei mir ein |
The devil only seeks silver I made paper money |
and would like to exchange this note for Reich money |
Here are two wine labels from Otto Siedel for Green Label and a Red Label (blended) wines.
Kanth was a city in what was then Germany. After WWI, territory was lost, or reclaimed, by adjacent countries. One of these included Kanth.
Kanth is now known as Kąty Wrocławskie, or simply Kąty, about 12 miles southwest of Wrocław, and is located in Poland.
