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15th May 2024

*Unusual paper types

Besides the normal issues of notgeld that were made on smooth, glossy, matt or rough paper, including coloured types, some collectors may have come ...

21st May 2023

*Very large sized Baustein

Notgeld and banknote collectors, may over time, come across unusual pieces that don’t exactly fit into their collecting ares. One such piece made its ...

4th October 2022

*notgeld obverse – no town of issue

This very well used piece struck me as a little odd. Most notgeld have the date of issue, place of issue and the issuer ...

2nd October 2022

*Admission Tickets

The following very interesting pages, were supplied to me by GNCC member Marcel….and they come from the ‘Papier Geld’ magazine of 2018 that Lindman ...

18th June 2021

*TGM’s (b-n-w) images

This is a scracer set of 3 wooden pieces from Hadersfeld A scarce piece of wertbestaendige notgeld issued in Cham. The notgeld piece has ...

26th January 2021

notgeld beermats

I recently came upon these beermats from the private German brewery ‘Heinrich Reissdorf’, located in Koeln (Cologne), so I thought I would show them ...

2nd March 2006

*Baustein

Some notgeld have the word ‘Baustein‘ on them. What are ‘Baustein’ pieces? Emergency money pieces that were issued to help fund the building, extension ...

1st March 2006

*Bonds & Shares

As notgeld collectors, we only really want to collect notes that are actually ‘banknotes’ of some description. If a piece is not in the ...

28th February 2006

*briefmarkengeld

Notgeld with postage stamps as inserts are known as ‘briefmarkengeld’ and they tend to be quite rare. The notgeld pieces have some form of sleeve ...

28th February 2006

*envelopes

Notgeld sets in presentation envelopes Occasionally, the notgeld collector will come across sets that have presentation envelopes. The presentation sleeves and envelopes, tend to ...

28th February 2006

FAKES & FORGERIES

Please be careful……. This article is predominantly aimed at the notgeld issues,….. but I also include a couple of Reichsbanknotes (State issues), in the ...

27th February 2006

Fraktur

Some of the writing on these beautiful German notgeld pieces can be difficult to decipher, so the picture below, supplied to me by one ...

26th February 2006

*Pieces faded by the light…….

Occasionally, I come across a note that has been significantly discoloured by the sunlight. Some of these pieces look like possible ‘new’ variants, as ...

26th February 2006

*Hermes – the winged messenger

Hermes was the winged messenger of the Greek gods, usually depicted wearing a winged hat and winged shoes. Many consider him to be the ...

26th February 2006

*Hockersteuer (stool tax)!

Kai Lindman published a catalogue that covered pieces he called ‘Hockersteuerscheine‘ which (for that specific catalogue) were issued between 1921 – 1938. These notes ...

26th February 2006

*Ludendorff-Spende

Some of you may have come across similar pieces to this one, in your collecting ventures. I think they need a bit of research ...

25th February 2006

*Muster / specimen

What is a ‘Muster’ or ‘Probedruck’ notgeld piece? Just because a note is missing it’s serial number, does not make it a true specimen ...

25th February 2006

*Overprints

Serienscheine notgeld with overprints The 2 pieces illustrated above, show 2 serienscheine overprints, one for 500m and the other for 1000m. Originally these pieces ...

24th February 2006

*Ruhrtaler pieces

The 3 ‘Ruhrtaler’ pieces – (anti-French propaganda notes!) Several collectors have asked me about these interesting pieces……. From my very knowledgeable notgeld colleagues, Kai ...

23rd February 2006

*Translations & specific info.

Further interesting German-to-English notgeld translations Now follows a listing of pieces (not included in my books) with their professional translations. (I will try and ...

22nd February 2006

*Uncut sheets

Uncut sheets of notgeldscheine Very desirable amongst notgeld collectors, are sheets of notgeld that have remained uncut. When notgeld were printed in the different ...

22nd February 2006

‘Ungueltig’ and ‘Ungiltig’ – cancellations

Many notgeld that collectors stumble upon, will have been cancelled in some way or another. When a note was redeemed, the cashier would cancel ...

22nd February 2006

*Useful notgeld info.

Useful extra bits of notgeld information, to help my GNCC members. Many German notgeld have references to ‘Goethe’ on them. Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) ...

21st February 2006

*Additional useful notgeld info.

Additional information, for my GNCC members. Here is an interesting note issued in Coburg and dating from 1919. The artist’s name, Heinz Schiestl, appears ...