
*Erfurt – Herm. Goeckler
The scarce ‘basic sets’ of 4 issued in Erfurt by ‘Herm. Goeckler’, are not seen very often and take a bit of working out ...
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*Allenstein (Olsztyn)
Here is a lovely set of 4, issued in Allenstein and dating from 1921: The set is comprised of (2 x 10pf) + ( ...
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*Ahaus – ‘The Smoker’
The town of Ahaus, issued a nice set of 2 serienscheine that most collectors will have seen. They are a striking pair of notgeld ...
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*Altenburg (Skat series)
Altenburg issued several notgeld, including this wonderful set or series of 7 different pieces. They catalogue as Lm.21b &Gr./Mehl-21.2 and all the face values ...
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*Altona (comical set)
The town of Altona, issued several sets / pieces of notgeld but for me, one of the best is the square shaped set of ...
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*Altrahlstedt
One of the most beautiful sets of German serienscheine notgeld ever created, in my opinion…….. The reverse sides of the set of 5 notes ...
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*Artern (Part 1) ‘Baerchword en Odaern’
A fascinating set of 2 very colourful pieces was issued by the town of Artern. The place of issue isn’t easy to find on ...
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*Artern (Part 2) ‘Entente’
(Please read (Part 1) first and then this more specialised bit) Here is a very colourful and interesting pair of notes from Artern, designed ...
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*Barntrup 1 mark design
This is an interesting ‘snippet’ of notgeld info. This is a great looking and very colourful set of 4 pieces of notgeld issued in ...
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*Berlin – ‘Bund der Guten’
Whilst researching some scarce serienscheine pieces, I have learnt a little bit more about the ‘Bund der Guten’ large sized pieces, issued in Berlin ...
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*’Taegliche Rundschau’ – Berlin
One of the biggest sets or series by number is the set issued in Berlin by the ‘Taeglische Rundschau‘. (‘Daily Review’). From my collector ...
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*Bielefeld ‘RUEBCHEN’ set
Some of the best notgeld ever made in Germany, came from the linen producing city of Bielefeld. The set I want to depict here ...
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*Bismark set of 6
Whilst writing my ‘beetles, bees & bugs’ article, this lovely looking set from Bismark came to my attention through a GNCC forum member. The ...
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*Bockenem (Ambergau)
This is a very interesting set of 10 pieces, issued in Bockenem and cataloguing as Lm.122 & Gr/Mehl-130. The 10 pieces have different reverses ...
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*Brakel 2 mark (‘aS’) note!
I have written a small bit of info previously for this very interesting note, in my ‘anti-Semitic’ article. I have since found out a ...
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*Bremerhaven
This info has been supplied by GNCC member ‘Leng’: The lighthouse on the 25pf notgeld issued by Bremerhaven in 1921, I think is the ...
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*Bruchhausen
A striking piece of serienscheine notgeld, known to most collectors is the very colourful 1 mark note issued in Bruchhausen. The obverse comes in ...
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*Crefeld & Moenchengladbach
Several notgeld pieces have very similar designs to other pieces from different issuing authorities and towns/cities of issue. These 2 pieces were recently brought ...
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*Dermbach hiking club
Thetown of Dermbach issued a wonderful set of 4 x 75pf serienscheine notgeld. in Dermbach. It is 1 piece from a set of 4, ...
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*Detmold (rare)
Lindman and Gr./Mehl catalogue a very rare, 3 mark ‘No – Bi – Bu- Ba’ notgeld from Detmold as either Lm. 258 or Gr./Mehl-267.1. ...
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*Doebeln (Ritter Staupitz-Geld)
What a wonderful series this atually is, when one understands the story behind them. The colourful set of 8 from Doebeln, is a fairly ...
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*Elgersburg
The following set of 3 was issued in Elgersburg. Their design and colouring are absolutely wonderful. The Elgersburg notes were issued by an organisation ...
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*Elmshorn – story of money
A great set of 6 colourful pieces was issued in Elmshorn. I don’t know what the graphics are all about, so we should take ...
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*Ennigerloh
An amusing and comical looking set was issued in Ennigerloh, but the graphics and writings are very difficult to unravel. The letters on the ...
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*Eppelborn-Dirmingen
A lovely set of 3 pieces (10 + 25 + 50pf) were issued in Eppelborn-Dirmingen. They catalogue at 2 euros each and as: (Lm.326 ...
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*Ettlingen
This beautiful set of 6 notes was issued in Ettlingen. The fronts are all the same, with the reverse sides depicting different scenes from ...
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*Frankenhausen
This is a lovely serienscheine set of 6, which catalogue under Lm.359b & Gr/Mehl-373.2. All the fronts are the same (but there are a ...
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*Freiburg (‘Passionsspiele’)
A wonderfully religious set of 6 pieces was issued in Freiburg, with the reverse graphics showing a series of scenes from the town’s annual ...
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*Frose – puzzle pieces
Have you noticed the puzzles set on some of the notgeld issued by Frose? Here’s the 4th (Teil 4) puzzle example: This example is ...
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*Geldern – ‘Gelderland’
The town of Geldern issued several sets of notgeld but the most interesting ones are the series of ‘Gelderland’ notes. The 4 different series ...
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*Glauchau – scarce
I recently obtained my first piece from a set of 3 uncommon / scarce pieces issued in Glauchau, so wanted to record info. about ...
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Goerlitz (round)
Most notgeld are rectangular in shape. Collectors like something that is ‘different’ so issues that are round are highly collectable. The notes below issued ...
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*Gruenberg
Here is a lovely complete set of 5 German/Polish notgeld, issued in Gruenberg and dating from 1921/22. They are catalogued as the ‘schattenrisse’ set ...
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*Halle – Zoologischer Garten
The zoological gardens in Halle issued a lovely set of 5 notes which depict 5 different animals on their reverse sides. Several variants of ...
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*Hamm specimen & pattern pieces
Lovely pieces for any collection. The top four pictures are of ‘uncut pairs’: All these pieces above are double-sided. To clarify, the 2 pictures ...
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*Hann-Muenden
The town of Hann-Muenden issued 2 sets of serienscheine notgeld, cataloguing as Lm.559 & Lm.560. The set of 5 (Lm.560) was issued by the ...
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*Helgoland
I just received this interesting info from GNCC member ‘Leng’ : The notgeld pattern issued by Helgoland comes from the local tourist resort “Lange ...
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*Horn – scenic rock formations
All the following info was supplied to me by GNCC member Leng: Notgeld from the city of Horn looks very interesting. The designs come ...
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*Huettenhausen & Rheinhausen
Whilst working on my ‘ELUSIVE GEMS‘ notgeld book, I became aware of 2 scarce notes catalogued under Lm.618 / Gr/Mehl-636 (Huettenhausen) and Lm.1088 / ...
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*Iserlohn – a scarce set of 6!
What a wonderful set of 6 pieces, these scarce Iserlohn pieces are. Issued by the ‘Iserlohner-Buerger-Schuetzen-Verein’ (the Iserlohn Citizens’ Rifle Association), they catalogue under ...
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*Kellenhusen
This is a striking and great looking set of 4 pieces, issued in Kellenhusen. The graphics are by Walter Siegmann: The graphics that struck ...
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*The Kindelbrueck story
Story of the Kindelbrueck notgeld The serienscheine piece above, depicts 4 children, with their stick horses, standing on the bridge at Kindelbrueck. The name ...
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*Kneitlingen
There is a lovely looking………. and very colourful set of 12 pieces issued in Kneitlingen, which collectors will surely come across whilst collecting notgeld. ...
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*Knivsberg
Knivsberg – a very interesting ‘plebiscite’ issue! The note above is the 50pf plebiscite notgeld issue from Knivsberg, dating from 1920. After WWI, the ...
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*Kitzingen
Here we have a lovely set of 6, all numbered for us so that we can easily know the order of the story, which ...
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*Lichtenhorst
One of the most colourful serienscheine issues were those supposedly issued by the prisoner of war camp in Lichtenhorst. The Lichtenhorst camp was used ...
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*Liebenstein,Bad
The ‘spa’ town (‘Bad’) Liebenstein issued a beautiful set of 3. In the catalogues, you will find the town listed under ‘Liebenstein, Bad’. The ...
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*Luebeck – stamp exhibition notgeld
For a collector, the Luebeck notgeld that were issued for a stamp collector and dealer exhibition, (5 – 7 September, 1921) are a delight. ...
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