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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 337990, member: 6370&quot;]Nice...some hyper inflation and the very odd silk issue <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I bid on a few silk and a leather bill but didnt win them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This isnt notgel but an official issue Hyperinflation note of the same time period with a nice design printed on one side only:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/notgeld/20million.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/notgeld/20milliondetail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.cachecoins.org/notgeld/20milliondetail2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The first part says in German: <i>(...) zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer. Vom 1. September 1923 ab kann diese Banknote aufgerufen und unter Umtausch gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel eingezogen werden</i></p><p>In English that would be: <i>(...) will the Reichsbank main cash desk in Berlin pay to the bearer against this banknote. As from 1 September 1923 this bank note can be called and withdrawn against other legal tender</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The other text, in German: <i>Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Which in English is about this: <i>Anyone who counterfeits or fraudulently alters banknotes, or gets hold of such and enters them into circulation, will be punished with at least two years of prison.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: <i>verfälschen</i> refers to modifying an actual note so that it appears to have a higher value. <i>Zuchthaus</i> was a prison that had extremely hard conditions, like manual labor in quarries. We even had them in the early years of the Federal Republic, until about 40 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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