German Notgeld Collector Of 46 Years, From Uk.

This is a nice run.

Bear in mind - these are all scarce pieces and very hard to come by. Very, very desirable pieces for anyone's banknote and notgeld collection.
In your own collections, try and build it up with some pieces that other collectors won't have......otherwise you might just end up with a very average collection rather than having a good collection. Hobby money is always hard earned I know, but it is always better to buy 1 good note over buying 100 common pieces.

Here is an uncut double 'musterscheine' piece:

I just found this. A nice 'coin' piece made of card, so yes, it is catalogued as papermoney notgeld:


It is undated but dates from 1920, as per the catalogue.

Here is the reverse:

@january1may - with notgeld collecting specifically, once the collection has 1000 pieces, duplicates will always then be seen in cheap lots. With 1000 different pieces though, hopefully a collector's interest has been sparked and they then start to learn the better pieces in their collections and then start to look out for slightly more expensive variant pieces to go with the 'common' pieces. One could then find another variant piece so that set becomes a favourite for the time being.
I have suggested here that people be very careful with buying the more expensive notgeld pieces or sets. As you have mentioned there are a lot of 'rip-off' merchants out there, especially on ebay! Absolutely awful prices and I want to make all collectors more aware. My GNCC club members often check-in with me first before making a more expensive purchase. They can check the catalogue value with me and ask for my 'expert' opinion about the note. The more knowledge people have about their specific collecting areas of interest, the better placed they are to make better decisions. I've had my fingers burned over the years but now occasionally get the better side of things as a lot of sellers don't really know what they have. Some for example, will put a 'common' piece up with a buy-it-now price of lets say....10 dollars and hope it sells. If it is a scarcer type, I'll buy it with a great big smile on my face!
If everyone who collects notgeld with a passion (I know you don't @january1may.......but I can only hope to change that one day ) is aware of all the specialised knowledge that is available to them, then everyone should feel comfortable in their purchases. My best recent purchase was a rare noteI purchased for 1 euro and it was cataloguing at 350 euros - that was nice. It doesn't happen all the time, but it is very nice when it does
Oh yes - notgeld aren't generally ruined by fakes or forgeries. Those do exist but I can count them on my fingers.

Fascinating!

Very interesting!