Bohemia & Moravia - Specimen Banknotes

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Potsdam Valued Member Germany 303 Posts	Posted 10/21/2016 2:41 pm Hi, today I received a package that contained a collection of coins and banknotes I purchased. For a very decent price, I got not only a whole bunch of old coins and several unassorted banknotes but also a nice album that contains many uncirculated banknotes from Czechoslovakia and Bohemia & Moravia. Even though I have not really been collecting banknotes until now I am thinking about keeping those from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia because they'd fit into my collection of coins from areas that were occupied by Germany in WW2. Anyway, all these banknotes have the 'SPECIMEN' perforation and after I checked on the cat values I was wondering how many of these S-types must have been produced, as they seem to be cheaper than the circulating issues. Does anyone know why particularly in Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and Bohemia & Moravia there were so many 'SPECIMEN' banknotes? Best regards from Berlin Report this Post to the Staff

lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 10/23/2016 10:22 am The specimen notes were sold to collectors. The Czechs did this prior to the war. Slovakia also produced collector specimens. This is one example where specimens are more common than issued notes. Report this Post to the Staff
Potsdam Valued Member Germany 303 Posts	Posted 10/24/2016 09:54 am Thanks. I randomly came across an information on the Bohemia & Moravia banknotes that said when the Czechoslovakian authorities found tons of uncirculated B & M banknotes in the safes after recapturing B & M they perforated the 'SPECIMEN' onto them and sold them to collectors. Report this Post to the Staff
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