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Hey guys, Recently I've come across a number of WWII era banknotes and know basically nothing about them. I'm just wondering if anybody sees anything uncommon here?   Germany 1929 10 Reichsmark (F) Germany 1922 1000 Mark (G) Allied Occupied Germany 1944 20 Mark (F) Allied Occupied Germany 1944 1 Mark (VF)   Netherlands 1938 1 Gulden, "Guilder", "Zilverbon" (F) Netherlands 1943 1 Gulden (VF) Belgium 1938 5 Francs (VG) Also, are there are reputable online references for world paper money? |
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Awesome, thanks for the info and the links
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The 1922 note is not "WWII-era", though it may well have been obtained in Europe by a soldier during WWII. This note is from the "Post-WWI inflation" era. After WWI, crippling war reparations requirements meant the German economy collapsed, causing the world's most famous hyperinflation incident. By 1923, the note would have had only a fraction of the buying power it had 1922, and by 1924, you'd have needed a literal truckload of those notes to buy a loaf of bread.
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Interesting, I love finding out the history behind these banknotes. Funnily enough, not long after posting this topic, I saw a Pawn Stars episode where a guy brought in a breifcase full of those 1922 1000 Mark notes, and Rick told him pretty much exactly what you just told me.
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So ... a cousin was visiting over Labor Day weekend, and mentioned she had some banknotes from a mutual uncle's WWII service. I know from looking over the banknotes my dad brought back from Asia (Japan and Philipines) that most of these are a dime a dozen, but this batch was from Europe, which I've never tried to research. So, I will preface this question with an admission of laziness: I HAVE NOT PHOTOGRAPHED ANY YET, but I know where I can find other images, so here is the first question: One of the notes is a French 5 franc note, Pick 98a I think. Similar condition to the one I will post, but DIFFERENT NUMBERING COMPARED TO THE IMAGE I WILL POST, as follows: Lower left: A.6 F.2=6=1943.F. I am mostly curious about what the numbers mean. I am assuming it is worth a few dollars like all the others I have seen sold on ebay, but the alphanumeric starting with A is different than what I have seen. It is this type, differing only in the numbers:  Edited by tdziemia
09/13/2018 8:49 pm
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Updating my earlier post ... Here is a WWII era French banknote brought back from WWII by one of my mom's brothers. Poking around on ebay, I see that the value in this condition might be $5-10. But I am curious whether the alphanumeric characters in the lower left and/or serial numbers in any way differentiate these in terms of value. I am not a banknote collector, and don't have any references on banknotes, so I don't have any idea what these characters mean, nor what a reasonable grade for this might be. Thanks in advance!  Edited by tdziemia
09/14/2018 10:15 am
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The serial number of your note is A.6 23481. The number to the top of the note is a control number, not a serial number. There is no premium for your number. It's a nice condition.
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