Old Foreign Notes Help

Discussion in 'Paper Money' started by USS656, Jan 20, 2008.

  1. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    A friend of a friend has had these passed down to him. He has had them in his safe for some time and plans on keeping them there but knows nothing about them other than they were collected during the war (WWII). There are 7 or 8 20000 Marks - some sequential serial numbers. I went over for dinner and he broke them out to show me.

    Please take a look and tell me anything you have time for.

    More importantly, is there much value in them?

    Given the way he stores them if they are valuable it would be good to know so that he might reconsider the storage method.

    Best Regards

    Darryl

    http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/128_2888.jpg

    http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/128_2889.jpg
     
  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. RickieB

    RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper

    Darryl...

    I am not much help when it comes to foreign notes, however, those Notegeld are beautiful!
    He needs to store those in Mylar asap.

    RickieB
     
  4. NumisMatty

    NumisMatty Numis-Matt-ist

    Yes, nice Notgeld though I'm not much of an expert either :(
    Nice trainers too - they look almost UNC :p
     
  5. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    No idea about the value, but they probably are from the early 1920s ... 1917-23, I think.

    Christian
     
  6. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter


    Thanks Christian, you are correct for the dates.
     
  7. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    Hi RickieB - I agree - those are some beautiful notes! The colors and designs were something to see. It was a real treat to get to go through them. DeOrc is going to enjoy looking at them when he gets back home! Mylar would be much better than current container. I am going to pick some up for him next time I get to a coin shop.

    Thanks

    Darryl
     
  8. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    Thanks,

    I believe they have been kept in a safe since they came back for Europe. Colors are bright on most of them and it doesn't look like they were circulated too much before making there way to the US. The paper is pretty dry a feel a little brittle so I did not want to try and straighten any corners without having note protectors to put them into. Just never know what some people have - it was something else to see these old notes!

    Regards

    Darryl
     
  9. gatzdon

    gatzdon Numismatist

    Wish I could provide some help, but I did want to say thank you for sharing.
     
  10. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    No problem - they really are something to see... :smile
     
  11. Daggarjon

    Daggarjon Supporter**

    They are very nice looking notes! as you said, the colors look vibrant on alot of the notes. Very cool! Thanks for posting the pics :p
     
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page