German linen notgeld 1914, 1/2 Mark - Lauenburg

Germany produced an extraordinary number of banknotes in odd materials such as leather, linen, silk, aluminum foil in their long slide into economic chaos in the early 1920s. Bielefeld, a textile town in Germany led the way in manufacturing some intricate and highly allegorical notes.   Prior to the large amount of notes issued by Bielefeld, some prison camps and towns experimented with linen notgeld.  The linen tends to be rather stiff.  This note was issued in 1914 for Lauenburg.  One large fold down center. 

Measures 77mm x 52mm.  Circulated

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