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NEW BOOK: PAPER MONEY GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICAThis isn't a new book, but it's new to me and worth mentioning here. In our Zoom meeting last week, my friend and fellow Nummis Nova member Eric Schena displayed some South African emergency paper money of the second Anglo-Boer War. He mentioned this book as his reference. It was published in 2015, but unfortunately is already out of print. I found listings on Amazon and elsewhere, but no one seems to actually have one in stock. Never hesitate to buy a numismatic book of interest - it could soon be unavailable at any price. -Editor
format Paperback | 116 pages
After Arnold Keller presented a comprehensive treatment of the topic for the last time in the 1960s, this book is a more extensive work based on the latest research results. The introduction explains historical connections. In particular, the problems of supplying the economy with means of payment caused by the First World War are discussed. The author has understood how to shed light on the jungle of different means of payment and to systematically record numerous, in some cases previously unknown, issues of private vouchers. For this purpose, the author made several trips to Namibia, the former German South West Africa, to view museum holdings and to collect information. In the catalog part there is a clear compilation of the voucher types with current ratings.
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Eric Schena adds: "It’s a fascinating subject; there’s not a lot numismatically from there and even less so after the German period. At that point up until Namibia’s independence in 1993, most of the money that circulated was South African supplemented by fairly limited issues of private bank notes from the Standard Bank of South Africa, Volkskas, and Barclays Bank DCO (Dominion, Colonial, and Overseas). The book is in full color and even a non-German speaker will find it useful, though of course some vocabulary is definitely recommended to get more in-depth. I was very lucky to find the copy I did. I need to see if there are similar works on German East Africa."
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
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