Most notgeld are rectangular in shape. Collectors like something that is ‘different’ so issues that are round are highly collectable. The notes below issued by the ‘Goerlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger’ (the Goerlitz Gazette – a local newspaper with sections for news and sections for adverts) are a case in point. They come in several variants, ranging from 10 euros a piece to 50 euros a piece. Some of the pieces have more than 1 colour whilst others are of single colour only. Below are the single coloured pieces which have a date above the face-value of ‘Dzbr. 1920’ and ‘pfennig under the face-value. The scan shows the complete set of 12 pieces!
Below, I show enlarged scans of some pieces, so you can see some of the differences:
Around the note it states:
'Die Welt ist rund und muss sich drehn, Deutschland wird wieder auferstehn.'
'(The world is round and must revolve.....and Germany shall rise again.)'
The message is that Germany’s resurgence is as plain an act as the world’s turning.