Wow! Library books with free samples! 
On a more serious side, they may have sentimental value to their original owner, even if the monetary value is low. If you haven't already, you might consider telling the library you found them there when you return the book, just in case whoever put them there comes back for them.
To elaborate on what kuhli said, this one is from the German Empire, issued sometime before WWI (you'll find the date on the front of the note, around the middle - I can't quite read it from your pics. If kuhli is correct with his Pick catalogue number (and if Pick hasn't renumbered Germany between his book and mine) then the date should be 2nd February 1908.
100 marks sounds like a lot (and back in the early 1900's, it was a lot - around US$20), but Germany losing WWI caused severe inflation which made the Imperial mark worthless. Perfectly flat, undamaged specimens are worth quite a bit, but being such a large note they were rarely kept that way.
My catalogue is way out of date, but I'd guess a value around $5 for that one.
On a more serious side, they may have sentimental value to their original owner, even if the monetary value is low. If you haven't already, you might consider telling the library you found them there when you return the book, just in case whoever put them there comes back for them.
To elaborate on what kuhli said, this one is from the German Empire, issued sometime before WWI (you'll find the date on the front of the note, around the middle - I can't quite read it from your pics. If kuhli is correct with his Pick catalogue number (and if Pick hasn't renumbered Germany between his book and mine) then the date should be 2nd February 1908.
100 marks sounds like a lot (and back in the early 1900's, it was a lot - around US$20), but Germany losing WWI caused severe inflation which made the Imperial mark worthless. Perfectly flat, undamaged specimens are worth quite a bit, but being such a large note they were rarely kept that way.
My catalogue is way out of date, but I'd guess a value around $5 for that one.
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