I picked this up today and was wondering why it was stamped with the V R B D. I saw several on Ebay but none had these letters. Any help is appreciated.
The V is the series letter. RBD stands for Reichsbankdirektorium (Directors of the Reichsbank) which is written unferneath the letters. These are the guys whose sifntaures are on the notes.
LOL just picked up 3 new ones yesterday (Different years) and a couple of 100M and was going to ask the same question The 100M dated 1908 are red and green seals and have 100D and 100M printed on them I also have another 2 with 100G on it from 1903 and 1908 Not sure if it realy shows up in the scan though, any info on those?
If any of you have the latest edition of the Pick catalogs, you will see that the prices for the early German notes have increased substantially since the previous edition of the catalog especially in the lower grades. Whether these increases were justified is open to question. Many of these notes can still be found in dealers' junk boxes at prices well below what is in the catalog. The Valkenburg show is this weekend and I have asked those I know who are attending to get their feedback from the German dealers and collectors as to the prices in the new catalog. The few German collectors that I have spoken to about the catalog prices were shocked that the prices were so high in the lower grades.
I would like to get a German catalouge but I dont think my German is good enough unless you know of a English translation of one? I know that the Holger Rosenberg one is great but it is in German LOL
The Rosenberg catalog is easy to use even though it is in German. It is well illustrated. The abbreviations can be tricky but once you figure them out, it is a snap. As with any specialized catalog, it breaks down many more varieties than the Pick catalogs do. You can cherrypick notes pretty easily because many of the varieties are subtle yet the German collectors will pay the higher price for them.
Thanks for the info. Here are a few more I picked up yesterday. All lower grade but for .50 cents each I figured it was a pretty good buy.
