Most collectors will be aware of the Grevesmuehlen 50pf notgeld piece. The translation of the Grevesmuehlen reverse : “Even when the thieving magpie has stolen our money and our jewels, The “Grevesmuehlen crows” are still good for 50 pfennigs.”The word Heister is a Low German word used along the Baltic coast from Holstein to Mecklenburg, meaning not just a magpie … Read more
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 but their obverses all take the similar design as shown with the 2 notes shown below, but with all the pieces having different writings/texts:Note the swaztika symbol, which appears on each … Read more
I have some nice looking hyper-inflation notes here from ‘Geislingen a St.’, some cancelled and some not, so I wanted to record them here. Geislingen an der Steige is surrounded by the heights of the Swabian Alb and embedded in 5 valleys. It is a town in the district of Goeppingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg in southern Germany. The name relates to its location “on … Read more
Another month has flown by. I have been busy sorting out new additions and purchases that have recently arrived here. There are still a few … Read more
I recently came across these interesting pieces from Wien (Vienna). They all have a different animal on their front and a verse of their back. The word ‘Hubertusfonds‘ appears on the front and is quite prominent. Let’s find out more about these pieces:There’s actually a printed section on the back of each note which explains … Read more
There are 2 sets of 5 serienscheine issued by the town of Schneidemuehl (Polish = Pila), a blue set and a red set. ‘Normal’ pieces come with a serial number and an account (konto) letter. Collectors seem to especially like the 2 reverses on the red set : the bi-plane and the zeppelin. The sets … Read more
There is a wonderful set of 36 different numbered pieces from the town of Wilsnack, that I want to discuss here. The set is made up of ((12 x 50) + (12 x 75) + (12 x 100pf)) notes. Each ‘part set’ of 12 are numbered 1 – 12, making it nice and easy for … Read more
Over the years, I have come across several different ways that the issuing authorities used to combat the possibility of their notgeld being counterfeited. Most notgeld issued into circulation, will have a serial number, signatures, wordings about the issue, date of issue and some form of stamp mark to authenticate the issue. The 1 BILLION … Read more
This following list are all locations where notgeld was printed by ‘GEBRUEDER JAENECKE‘ of Hannover. (Jaenecke Brothers). Please inform me of any that are missing! :Alfeld Arnsberg(V)Bergen a. Dumme Bleckede(V)Bremerhaven(V)Buxtehude(V) – AltonaDiepholzEhmenEinbeck Emden Erfde FallingbostelGnarrenburgHagenHannover (several including OVPs)HeiligenhafenHolzmindenHorneburgLippspringe, BadLueneburgMuensterNorden(V)NorderneyNortheim(V) Oeynhausen, Bad(Picture taken from GAP)Oldesloe, BadOsnabrueckOsterfeld Peine(V)Rinteln(V)Rotenburg(V)ScharmbeckSchneverdingenStade(V) SternbergTostedtVisselhoevedeVlotho Wunstorf“Diamonds or ‘Lozengy stars’ pattern. The special watermark … Read more
There are quite a few notgeld which were printed by the business book factory ‘Edler & Krische’. The verkehrsausgaben notgeld issues from Ermsleben and Hattorf are good examples but there are many others: From Wikipedia, I have this info:After the chicory manufacturers Johann Christoph Koenig and Heinrich Ebhardt had founded the Koenig & Ebhardt (K & E) business book factory in 1845 outside … Read more
I have just returned from my youngest son’s wedding. The weather was fabulous and the venue fantastic. What a beautiful day we all had and … Read more
This uncatalogued piece of mine, looks similar to other issues from Altona & Hamburg. These pieces are all designated as ‘Privat-Kleingeld-Ersatz’ (notes which are described as ‘private small change replacement’) and all are the same design and colour. The pieces tend to catalogue at a price of 50 / 30 euros or 30 / 25 … Read more
