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Foreign Money - Hitler On Banknotes?

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I was looking through a book of foreign money and was wondering did Hitler ever have a note with him on it.

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 Posted 08/20/2009  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nope. The "youth" on the 5 reichsmark kind of looks like him, but it's not.
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 Posted 03/15/2010  2:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ngdawa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good question, I've been wondering about that too, but now I know, lol.
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 Posted 03/15/2010  3:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Uhhhh to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No, I don't believe Hitler was ever on any official money.

I did; however, see a token with his portrait on it on here a couple of weeks ago.
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I've seen him on coins, but I'm not sure if they came out during his lifetime. Can anyone back this up?
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There were no "lifetime" coins, either - Hitler apparently thought it was too "monarchial" and though he probably had royal ambitions, he didn't want to declare himself Emperor until he'd done a better job than the last German Emperor had done, and actually won a war. He was reportedly quite upset that his French puppets, the Vichy State, had struck coins with their own leader Field Marshal Petain's portrait on it; those coins were withdrawn shortly afterwards.

And obviously, once Hitler was defeated and committed suicide, neither Germany nor anyone else has issued any "real coins" with his portrait. The only "coins" to show his portrait are post-war fantasies struck by neo-Nazi groups. See this thread for some examples.
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There are lots of Hitler stamps. They used to be dirt cheap until ebay came along.
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