From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
Banknotes were issued by the
Swakopmund Bookshop (
German: Swakopmunder Buchhandlung) between 1916 and 1918 as an emergency currency. Although these were issued under
South African administration, these notes are denominated in
Pfennigs and
Marks, which were the currency of
German South West Africa. Despite this, these banknotes are genuine
British Commonwealth issues.
These notes are wrongly listed in the Specialised Catalog of World Paper Money (which is published by Krause Publications) under German South West Africa.
