notgeld by topic

For a very long time in human history, the image of a cornucopia has stood as a symbol of abundance and for a plentiful ...

How many different animals / creatures can we find on notgeld? We won’t include these 2 pieces, shown below, from Eisenach: (Once we have ...

How many different animals / creatures can we find on notgeld? (Once we have 1 example of that animal, we won’t list other notgeld ...

I’ve found a few notes with insects and ‘crippy crawlies’ on them, so thought I would start listing them. If you know of others, ...

As a keen cyclist myself, I always tend to notice any bicycles I find on notgeld, so here I will start to list them. ...

Notgeld collectors will occasionally find breweries (Brauerei) that have themselves, issued notgeld. I think these are fascinating and form a highly collectable and very ...

Lignite or brown coal (Braunkohl) I have received the following nformation from GNCC member Marcel, so I thought I should publish it before it ...

Usually there is an actual need in the economy for banknotes to be issued but notgeld are different. Notgeld collectors of today will be ...

Over the years, I have come across several different ways that the issuing authorities used to combat the possibility of their notgeld being counterfeited. ...

The Germany government did not issue paper money directly, as is the case in most countries of the world. The official German currency was ...

NOTGELD DEPICTING ‘DEUTSCHER MICHEL’. (If you are aware of any more, please let me know and I will update the list) ‘German Michael’, rather ...

As the inflation in Germany worsened, the face values got larger and larger……….and in many cases, so did the physical size of the banknotes ...

The industry of glass production and glass blowing features on several notgeld issues, so I will start to list them here. The glass production ...

There are quite a few notgeld that feature ‘Goethe’. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, artist and politician (1749 – 1832). He ...

Hundreds of different notgeld depict buildings that are famous in the localities where the notgeld were issued. Castles, towers, old city gates, bridges and ...

The Brothers Grimm were two German folklorists and linguists who are today best known for their Kinder- und Hausmaerchen (1812–22). This collection of stories, ...

During these times of hyper-inflation and after their defeat in WWI, the German People were really at an all time low. They needed to ...

Whilst adding 2 notgeld from Mainz, to the shop recently, I inadvertently spotted an Iron Cross of both pieces. I thought this might be ...

Here is my list of notgeld (serienscheine issues unless denoted as something else) that have some kind of map on them. If you have ...

I was contacted recently by a GNCC member who wanted to know if I knew of other notgeld, besides the 1 mark Eckernfoerde piece ...

I have come across these 3 different spellings for the German ‘penny’ face values on notgeld. Do you have or know of any other ...

Everyone seems to like pigs / ‘piggies’,……. so here is my list of notgeld depicting pigs and wild boars! Let me know of others ...

I stumbled, as one does, on this note from karlsruhe which has a pyramid on it. Are there any more you can add? GERMAN ...

As I was creating my ‘saints on notgeld’ article, which you can refer to whenever, I stumbled on a few notgeld that depicted Christ. ...

Many notged issues have a religious theme to them. The figure on the Reutergeld 50pf note is quite unusual! The haloed figure isn’t actually ...

Most collectors will be aware of the Grevesmuehlen 50pf notgeld piece. The translation of the Grevesmuehlen reverse :  “Even when the thieving magpie has ...

I thought I would start to list all the different notgeld shapes that I have seen. If you have other shapes not mentioned here, ...

Let’s see how we get on and log all the notgeld we come across that feature skeletons, skulls and the ‘skull & crossed bones’! ...

A listing now of notgeld with graphics that show the sun, the moon or stars etc. If you know others, please let me know ...

As recently as 2010 (October 2010 was when the final payment was actually made), the Federal Republic of Germany was still making payments for ...

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer ...

As a topical theme, windmills must rate quite highly, so please send me your ‘windmill notgeld’ suggestions and I will add them in here ...

The subject of witches and the historical burning of witches after the witch trials (‘Hexenprozesse’) of the 1600’s, is an interesting one. Several notgeld ...