Show world war money many curious expedients were resorted to during the world war in order to prevent people of some warring warrin nations from resorting to individual barter the baser metals were used sometimes in 0 o place of gold and silver often being gilded in order to carry out better the Ilia illusion sion of value printed wood was employed in germany and austria also compressed pulp suk silk linen and velvet were among some of the novelty fabrics used stamped leather was and postage stamps clamps were encased in transparent cases and circulated as currency for small change shoe nails were sometimes used as makeshift money these being issued by local post offices here and there in some european countries |