A Friends notes that I saw this evening...a little help would be appreciated, please.

Hey guy's....A friend stopped by my house this evening with a bunch of World notes left to him by his GrandDad. These notes range from MPC (foreign) to French, and German Banknotes.
Please let me know what you think they are and if any associated value is for these notes...you all know my knowledge on Foreign notes is rather poor at best.

Stay tuned for images of the notes..I tried to fill the scanner bed as full as possible as there are quite a few of them...you may have to do the head tilt...sorry!!

Thanks in advance.

RickieB

 

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still working on the scans?

 

Breathlessly we await......

 

Everything is uploading to photobucket..large files so you can see the detail. Should be about another 15 min or so.. 24 scans.

The sad thing is he told me that the wallet his Grand Dad carried got wet and you can see this from the foxing on some of the notes....

I am sure Dave M will want to see the French Notes and lettow the MPCs (some are in sequential order) and you guys who like German notes will like them too.
They are not in the best condition but some cool engravings none the less!

RickieB

 

i have a large collection of notes not in the best condition lol i love them none the less! some of the best notes to be found are note carried by soldiers during the war or somethign like that -- so much history goes unspoken with notes that old!!!

 

Ok here they come... 24 scans so It will take a couple of pages...
In order as I scanned them...what I think are fronts and backs.
Enjoy!!

























These are the first 12

RickieB

 

There ya have it...please help if you can..

Regards,

RickieB

 

Rickie:

They are all pretty common notes. The German one rentenmark with the purple stamp is probably the scarcest. The note itself is common but the stamp adds to it.

During the war, the Germans annexed portions of Belgium into the Reich. Regular German notes circulated during the war. After liberation, the notes in these areas were overstamped for use and eventual redemption. The stamp on this note is from the Belgian city of Malmedy.

As Daggarjon noted, there is a lot of history in the notes.

 

Thanks lettow...

I provided my friend with the link to this site so he could see the remarks on his Grand Dad's notes.
Thanks for your time lettow, as I know you are quite competent on these issues! :bow:

Regards,

RickieB

 

very cool notes RickieB

common or not, certainly keepers lol With my own collection, having a thousand or so of the worlds most common notes, being common doesnt detract from their collectibility, just from a percieved value - and we all know perceptions change rapidly

I would suggest your friend keep them. They are from his grandfather, and would be an excellent start to a paper money collection!!!

maybe we could even get him to join the forum??

 

I agree with Daggarjon that this group makes a great collection for the owner because of the history behind them and the family connection.