75 pfennig Notgeld
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Gift of Ronnie Hamburger Burrows
Id no. 2003.A.27, Currency, German
The banner on the left translates: O David, what has happened to you? You are only half shaved? No, really it is not funny. You cannot do smart business today. Yes, now it has just happened to you. You have been cheated.

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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