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==In other countries== ===Ireland (1689–1691)=== [[File:Gun money.JPG|thumb|Brass [[Crown (British coin)|crown]] issued by Jacobite forces. It was intended to be exchanged for a [[sterling silver]] coin in the event of James' victory.]] The forces of [[James II of England|James II]] minted coins in [[base metal]] (copper, brass, pewter) during the [[Williamite War in Ireland]], which were known as [[gun money]], because some of the metal was sourced from melted-down [[cannon]]. It was intended that, in the event of James' victory, the coins could be exchanged for real [[silver]] coins. They were also stamped with the month of issue so that soldiers could claim [[interest]] on their wages. As James lost the war, that replacement never took place, but the coins were allowed to circulate at much reduced values before the copper coinage was resumed. ===Sweden (1715–1719)=== In Sweden, between 1715 and 1719, 42 million coins with the nominal value 1 {{lang|sv|[[Swedish riksdaler|daler]]}} silver were manufactured, but made in copper, with a much smaller metal value. All silver coins were collected by the government, which replaced them with the copper coins. They were called {{lang|sv|nödmynt}} ('emergency coins'). This was done to finance the [[Great Northern War]]. The government promised to exchange them into the correct value at a future time, a kind of [[government bond|bond]] made in metal. Only a small part of this value was ever paid. ===Belgium (1914–1918)=== [[File:Etablissements Louis Biret, timbre de 5 centimes.jpg|thumb|A French {{lang|de|Notgeld}} coin, using a 5 centimes [[postage stamp]] to provide an indicator of value, 1920s. Note that if that stamp has been paid for it has no face value.]] Throughout the [[German occupation of Belgium during World War I]] there was a shortage of official coins and banknotes in circulation. As a result, around 600 {{lang|fr|[[municipalities of Belgium|communes]]}}, local governments and companies issued their own unofficial "necessity money" ({{langx|fr|monnaie de nécessité}}, {{langx|nl|noodgeld}}) to enable the continued functioning of the local economies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billets de nécessité belges de la Première Guerre mondiale |url=http://www.nbbmuseum.be/fr/catalogue/necessity-money |publisher=National Bank of Belgium Museum |accessdate=23 November 2013 }}</ref> These usually took the form of locally produced banknotes, but a few types of coins were also issued in towns and cities. In 2013, the [[Museum of the National Bank of Belgium]] digitized its collection of Belgian {{lang|de|Notgeld}}, which is available online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billets de nécessité belges - catalogue |url=https://noodgeld.ocularium.be/#/modules/custom/nbb/emergencymoney/16 |publisher=National Bank of Belgium Museum |accessdate=12 August 2023 }}</ref> ===France (1914–1927)=== Between 1914 and 1927, large amounts of {{lang|fr|monnaie de nécessité}} were issued in [[French Third Republic|France]] and its [[French North Africa|North African colonies]] during the economic crisis caused by World War I. Among the issuing authorities were companies and local [[chamber of commerce|chambers of commerce]]. ===Spain (1936-1939)=== Emergency currency circulated in Spain during the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name=gomez-2018>{{cite web |url=https://repub.eur.nl/pub/115113/wehc-2018-Boston-fractionary.pdf |title=The pervasiveness of monetary plurality in economic crisis and wars |last1=Gomez |first1=Georgina M |last2=Prittwitz und Gaffron |first2=Wilko von |date=2018 |website=Erasmus University Rotterdam |publisher=International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> ===Others=== The concept of {{lang|de|Notgeld}} as temporary payment certificates is nearly as old and widespread as paper money itself{{cn|date=October 2021}}. Other countries using {{lang|de|Notgeld}}-style temporary money include the following (date ranges are approximate): {{div col}} * [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]<ref name=krause>{{cite book|last=Coffing|first=Courtney L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xr9puQEACAAJ |title=A Guide & Checklist: World Notgeld, 1914-1947 and Other Local Issue Emergency Money|edition=2nd|year=2000|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola|isbn=0-87341-810-7}}</ref> * [[Algeria]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Angola]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Argentina]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Armenia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Australia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Azores]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Cameroons]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Cape Verde Islands]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Ceylon]]<ref name=krause/> * [[China]],<ref name=krause/> during its civil war, 1916–1949 * [[Cyprus]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]<ref name=krause/> ([[Czechoslovakia]]), during the 1848 revolution, 1848–1849; during and after World War I, 1916–1920 * [[Denmark]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Estonia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Ethiopia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Fiji]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Finland]],<ref name=krause/> 1918–1922 * [[France]]<ref name=krause/> * [[French Equatorial Africa]]<ref name=krause/> * [[French Indo-China]]<ref name=krause/> * [[French Oceania]]<ref name=krause/> * [[French Somaliland]]<ref name=krause/> * [[French West Africa]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Gabon]]<ref name=krause/> * [[German East Africa]]<ref name=krause/> * [[German Samoa]]<ref name=krause/> * [[German New Guinea]]<ref name=krause/> * [[German Southwest Africa]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Gibraltar]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Grand Comoro]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Great Britain]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Greece]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Greenland]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Hong Kong]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Hungary]],<ref name=krause/> during the 1848 revolution, 1848–1849 and sporadically thereafter; during and after World War I, 1914–1922 * [[Iceland]]<ref name=krause/> * [[India]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Indian princely states]], during the British Raj, c. 1890–1948 * [[Isle of Man]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Italy]];<ref name=krause/> during the 1970's, see [[Miniassegno]] * [[Japan]],<ref name=krause/> during its feudal period (so-called ''[[Hansatsu]]''), 1600–1871 * [[Kenya]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Latvia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Liechtenstein]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Lithuania]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Luxemburg]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Macao]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Madagascar]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Madeira]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Martinique]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Monaco]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Montenegro]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Morocco]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Mozambique]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Netherlands]]<ref name=krause/> * [[New Caledonia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[New Zealand]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Norway]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Philippines]] ([[Emergency circulating notes]])<ref name=krause/> * [[Poland]], 1914–1922 * [[Portugal]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Portuguese Guinea]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Revolutionary France]], 1791–1800 * [[Rhodesia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Romania]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Russian Poland]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Russia]]<ref name=krause/> * Russian [[Baltic governorates]], 1860–1880 * [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Senegal]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Serbia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Soviet Russia]], including territories to become Soviet republics (such as Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), 1917–1924 * [[Spain]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Sudan]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Switzerland]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Syria]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Tunisia]]<ref name=krause/> * [[United States]], [[encased postage stamp|during the Civil War]] 1861–1865 (for example, ''Sutler'' scrip); during the depression, 1930–1940; during the cent shortage, 1974 * [[Uruguay]]<ref name=krause/> * [[Yugoslavia]],<ref name=krause/> 1918–1920 {{div col end}}
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