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Banknotes were issued by the Swakopmund Bookshop (
German; Swakopmunder Buchhandlung) between 1916 and 1918 as an emergency currency. They issued 10, 25, 50 Pfennig, and 1, 2, and 3 mark notes.[1] Although these were issued under
South African administration, these notes are denominated in
Pfennig and Mark, which was the
South West African mark as opposed to the
German South West African Mark. Despite this, these are genuine
British Empire and
Commonwealth issues.