1 mark Notgeld
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Gift of Yehuda Nir in memory of his father, Samuel Grunfeld
Id no. 183.90, Currency, German
The text translates: "In the fall a merchant offered merchandise to a woman. He had brought pots, also those for the night [chamber pots]. The woman screams Go away, they are too big for that. But David says: it is ok, the nights are getting longer."

Cities, towns and enterprises printed emergency currency during the inflation of the 1920s. When Jews were blamed for economic problems, Notgeld incorporated anti-Semitic themes, images, and text.
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