Shirt fabric money

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As shirting money (ger .: shirt money ) a regional special issue of banknotes during colloquially Second Boer War called.

In 1902 the Boers besieged the city ​​of Upington , located in the northern part of the Cape Colony , which is why a small British military unit, the Upington Border Scouts, issued replacement money that year in the absence of official paper banknotes . There were banknotes in five denominations of 2, 5 and 10 shillings as well as 1 and 2 pounds .

The money consisted of the unbleached textile material of calico and khaki shirts , on which the nominal value had been handwritten in ink with additional comments . In addition, each note was stamped Issued by Paymaster BS Upington and an official seal of the border brigade and was signed by Major J. Birkbeck, OC

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Upington. In: Neil Shafer, Colin R. Bruce II, Joel Shafer (Eds.): Standard Catalog of World Paper Money by Albert Pick. 6th Edition, Vol. 1 Specialized Issues. Iola (Wisconsin) [1990], ISBN 0-87341-149-8 , p. 924.