NOMISMA

War Bonds

戦時公債 / war bond — Institutions

A loan from the people to finance war expenses. Another tap alongside the printing of more money.

Austria — The Counter, 1914 / At the bank counter
Austria The Counter, 1914 / At the bank counter

Government bonds issued to borrow from the people to finance war expenses. A source of wartime finance alongside printing more money and increasing taxes, with patriotism serving as the salesperson.

⚠ Depending on whether the currency's value was maintained after the war, these bonds became either savings or worthless paper.