Quote: In my experience, notgeld much harder to find in Australia.
I think that what both paxbrit and I were fortunate enough to find, large collections in their original, dedicated notgeld albums is probably a pretty tough proposition anywhere. I imagine many such got broken up to be sold piece by piece.
My Drool Cup is too small, I'll have to get a Bowl from the cupboard.....What a great collection LC is starting out with.
Looks like I'm slated to have about 1750 pieces by the end of June, now the serious work of organizing all this is underway. There is no doubt, for me, that even 1750 pieces is more than a taste of this material, there seems to be no end of it, out there. Lots of great stuff to look at, and lots of history.
Here's how a lot of this material comes, especially from smaller shops on ebay. Stored in acidic paper albums, hinged by stamp collectors, taped down by others, lots of ways to store it. Hinging from stamp collectors is to be expected, and some paper aging, as well, but the taping and other damage is not something to ignore by the next collector.
Best to pass on offers such as this.
There are quite a few empty old Notgeld albums being sold, too. Ready to load up for the next buyer.
Thanks for sharing (Lucky Cuss, Paxbrit, Liberty Bell). Great looking notes!
I found a "Coin Spot" website and an article by Ralph Heymsfeld. He lists some of the German books written about notgeld and one in written in english called "World Notgeld, 1914-1947: A Guide & Checklist and Other Local Issue Emergency Money" (English and German Edition) Paperback - September 1, 2000. I did a further check on Amazon and the used copies run from $89 - $130
The good catalogs are all in German, with some Engish. The best are the Grabowski (2 vols), Lindemann (softcover), and Tietz (3 vols.). The Grabowski is about $50, the others are of course more. All are very good, I hear.
The Krause catalog for about $15 is merely a checklist of towns, and with several missing ones. I have it, and don't bother with it as a reference.
Quote: There are quite a few empty old Notgeld albums being sold, too.
As I remarked earlier, I'd wager that's a byproduct of many collections having been broken up for resale.
Quote: Keep 'em coming..
As long as I can, but the process is beginning to approach its inevitable end. I'm actually hoping paxbrit will start posting pages from the album he recently got. I certainly wouldn't consider that as a "hijack" of this thread (although I'd also understand if he preferred to start his own similar topic).
No more starter lots for me, three of them is enough. These are from a separate order, Cuxhaven and Emden. Lots of themes for collectors, with several thousand issues, a theme is not a bad idea. Seafaring, ships, castles, whimsy, what have you, lots of possibilities.
The Emden was a German light cruiser from WWI, roamed the seas at will, and sank or captured 30 Allied vessels, about half cargo, half warships. The original cruiser was laid down in 1906, and a second was built in 1921, far more modern in era.
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