Volkskas Limited Currency & Banknote Values

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Volkskas Limited series of South West Africa in the World Currency contains 16 distinct entries with CPG^® values between $85.00 and $14,000.00.

On 12 April 1947, the Volkskas Limited / Volkskas Beperk (Peoples’ Bank, VOL) was registered as a commercial bank in South West Africa with its first branch opening in Windhoek on 20 October 1948. The bank was granted permission to issue notes as legal tender under article 19 of Government Proclamation 29 of 1930 by means of Government notice No. 193/194 dated 15 July 1949. As such, Volkskas was the last of the commercial banks to enter the South West Africa market with its own currency. These notes circulated for just over 12 years before being withdrawn in favor of South African currency at the time of decimalization in 1961 and the launch of rands and cents.