The rarest note I have is probably the 1.5goldmark leather note issued in Poessneck (in the former East Germany), known as 'toe and heel'. They were issued during the high inflation as wertbestaendiges notgeld. The value of the note lay in the value of the leather which could really be used as toe or heel for repairing shoes! I hope this page assists other notgeld collectors and attracts others to start collecting them. Please email me with any comments or questions regarding the topic. I am a private collector and not a banknote dealer, although I always have serienscheine/verkehrsausgaben/inflationary/POW etc.etc. notes to swop or trade and currently ask for 1 euro per note, equivalent of about 60p sterling, for any 'odds'. (The going price from dealer shops here in England (in 2007) is.....12 pieces for 10 pounds sterling). Complete sets are slightly more, average of 4 euros for a set of 3 pieces. (1 euro more as you are buying a complete set, which is usually what the collectors want). German notgeld prices have risen gradually over the years and auction prices are very strong.

Some of the scans will show the reverse side of the note(s) if you move your mouse over the image. Please bear with me as this is quite time consuming to get all the images to do this. Both images on the homepage (Lopischewo spielkarten and Papenburg serienscheine) have been coded and work. In addition, under 'Other/aluminium foil' the gold foil inflationary piece has also been done.

I live in Wistaston, in the county of Cheshire. Why not start collecting German NOTGELD?? These notes are beautifully detailed, very colourful and fairly readily available, although they do seem far harder to come by nowadays. (They were issued over 80 years ago!) Scarcer sets quite often reach prices far higher than their catalogue price. Why not start trying to build up your German notgeld collection? Email me with any queries you may have on the topic and I will endeavour to answer them all.

If you are a 'new' collector, why not join my GNCC (German notgeld collector's club)? I would love to get as many different countries represented, to show that the passion for collecting these historical items is truly worldwide.

HAPPY NOTGELD COLLECTING!!

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