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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Besides the odd 80 heller denomination, this is also interesting because of what I perceive as a distinct advertising or promotional aspect to it. Despite being almost a century old and printed on very flimsy paper (akin to foolscap, I'd judge), this specimen's condition csn only be described as perfect - I can't imagine finding a better example. It's quite large as well at 150 x 83 mm.   Colligo ergo sum
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It does look quite perfect. It must have been well cared for all these decades.
The variety and artwork on Notgeld boggles the mind. I've sat and looked through friend's collection and there seemed to be no end.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Certainly appears to be a good choice for Third Party Grading, I've never seen one this nice, either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Certainly appears to be a good choice for Third Party Grading, I've never seen one this nice, either.
Why? It is not a scarce note and can be obtained for a couple dollars. Why spend more than it is worth to have it third party graded?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
992 Posts |
You'd be surprised what a high-grade note with a low population will fetch, regardless of catalog value.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4883 Posts |
I was given to understand that this is a common item, although I'd not seen one before. If I'm translating correctly, it states on the back that it was only to be negotiable through September 1920. Perhaps there were just stacks and stacks of these left over afterwards, and maybe that accounts for the unused, absolutely pristine shape in which it survived.
Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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By the Fall of 1920 inflation had pretty much made small-denomination notgeld completely useless. Can't say how many may have been unissued, but Hinterbruhl was not a big city, more of a small town, only a few thousand residents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Many notgeld items did have a distinct promotional flavour, such as the famous "von Munchhausen" series.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Notgeld in general, particularly the Austrian specimens, does not command anywhere close to the prices of coins. I just do not think that the demand is there. A quick look through my German notgeld catalogue gives 500 Euro as pretty much the maximum price for ANYTHING.
Notgeld collectors tend to have large numbers of items, since there is such a huge variety. There seems to be little premium attached to Gem UNC specimens since so many are available in little but AU to UNC.
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New Member
United States
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Nice one, but, though of all the notes I had, I had no interest on these notgelds and I pretty much got rid of them the first day I got them, a while back(Mostly German...). oh well...
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