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1 Pound propaganda from German North Africa
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Entirely covered in handwritten-style Arabic script arranged in multiple lines across the plain paper reverse, constituting a German psychological warfare propaganda text directed at Arabic-speaking populations in North Africa, urging distrust of British currency and the Empire. |
| Reverse lettering | الاحلال لو تأملت هذه الورقة المالية، لتذكرت الوقت الذى كان يدفع لك في مقابلها عشرة وزنها من الذهب البراق والخلاب. ذلك لأن هذه الوريقة كانت مضمونة من الإمبراطورية العظمى بكل ما تمتلكه من قوى وأبهة. ولكن عظمتها زالت وغناها أندثر كالورق البالى. ما هى قيمة الورق اليوم؟ لابد أنك مالم بذلك. ان كل يوم مر من ايام الحرب التي أثارتها انكلترا، قد مزق من قوى الامبراطوريه الانكليزية وكل معركة خسرتها انكلترا كانت سبب في تدهور النقد البريطاني. ان اليوم قد قرب الذى سيرفض فيه الشحاذ المتسول على قارعة الطريق قبول الجنيه الانكليزى وان كنت ستعطيه اياه كهبة منك. ان الله قد اراد احلال بريطانيا وسوف بك... |
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During the North Africa campaign, German military intelligence produced counterfeit British Military Authority pound notes intended for circulation in occupied territories — a psychological and economic warfare operation designed to destabilize Allied supply chains and undermine confidence in occupation currency. This piece belongs to that program. The forgeries were produced with enough technical competence to pass casual inspection, though paper composition and serial number sequences eventually allowed Allied authorities to identify and withdraw compromised notes.
The operation never achieved meaningful economic disruption. Rommel's retreat from El Alamein in late 1942 effectively ended any practical distribution window.