African colonies during the economic crisis caused by World War I. Among the issuing authorities were companies and local chambers of commerce. Others The concept of Notgeld as temporary payment certificates is nearly as old and widespread as paper money itself. Other countries using Notgeld-style temporary money include the following (date ranges are approximate): Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Azores Cameroons Cape Verde Islands Ceylon China, during its civil war, 1916–1949 Cyprus Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia), during the 1848 revolution, 1848–1849; during and after World War I, 1916–1920 Denmark Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland, 1918–1922 France French Equatorial Africa French Indo-China French Oceania French Somaliland French West Africa Gabon German East Africa German Samoa German New Guinea German Southwest Africa Gibraltar Grand Comoro Great Britain Greece Greenland Hong Kong Hungary, during the 1848 revolution, 1848–1849 and sporadically thereafter; during and after World War I, 1914–1922 Iceland India Indian princely states, during the British Raj, c. 1890–1948 Isle of Man Italy Japan, during its feudal period (so-called Hansatsu), 1600–1871 Kenya Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxemburg Macao Madagascar Madeira Martinique Monaco Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Norway Philippines (Emergency circulating notes) Poland, 1914–1922 Portugal Portuguese Guinea Revolutionary France, 1791–1800 Rhodesia Romania Russian Poland Russia Russian Baltic governorates, 1860–1880 São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Serbia Soviet Russia, including territories to become Soviet republics (such as Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), 1917–1924 Spain Sudan Switzerland Syria Tunisia United States, during the Civil War 1861–1865 (for example, Sutler scrip); during the depression, 1930–1940; during the cent shortage, 1974 Uruguay Yugoslavia, 1918–1920 See also Porcelain money Scrip Siege money Token coin References External links Info and pictures about German notgeld Info about notgeld and collecting German notgeld German and Austrian Notgeld Banknotes High-resolution images of many German Notgeld Banknotes Information and pictures to all Austrian Notgeld periods Notgeld at notafilia.com.br Annotated Directory of German Series Notes Notgeld photographs on Flickr Belgian emergency money from the First World War: an online collection (in French) Catalog of German notgeld coins (Numista) Catalog of German notgeld banknotes (Numista) Catalog of French notgeld coins (Numista) Catalog of French notgeld banknotes (Numista) Currencies of Germany Numismatic terminology 1920s in Germany Emergency money