Notgeld of the month – here is a good example of a ‘plebiscite’ issue. Issued in Auenbuell (Germany) / Avnbol (Denmark) it carries the date of the Northern Schleswig Holstein plebiscite (people’s vote) of ’10 FEBRUAR 1920′. After the war, new maps were drawn up and certain villages along old borders had a vote on who they wanted to be aligned to. There were 3 plebiscites : Upper Silesia, Schleswig-Holstein & east Prussian. The note features the 2 different languages and the double-oak, a symbol of strength. Auenbuell in ‘Zone I’ (the Northern portion) voted to join Denmark and is now known as Avnbol:
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Velvet
Beautiful velvet notgeld pieces, known as ‘stoffgeld’ (money made from material), issued by the ‘Bielefeld Stadtsparkasse’ (The Town Savings Bank of Bielefeld.
Round
Highly collectable and ‘uncommon’ round pieces from Goerlitz, issued by the ‘Goerlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger.’ (Goerlitz Gazette – a local newspaper with news and adverts)
Spielkarton
Early hand-written small sized pieces made from playing cards. These pieces are extremely rare and highly collected! Very limited numbers were produced.
Notgeld News
TG-M (JLY 2026)
I hope everyone well in the football World Cup 2026 competition. The England team had a very good first game, followed by a couple of very mediocre ones. Let’s hope…
TG-M (JUN 2026)
I received some sad news a week or so again that yet another ‘big notgeld name’ had unfortunately died. Klaus Schweizer, better known as ‘shiple’ was someone I had emailed…
TG-M (MAY 2026)
With the glorious weather we are having, the garden has been worked on with newly created ‘raised beds’ and a lot of clearing work. One of the chickens was suffering…
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Neuss 10 mark with cancellation (1918)5.00€ -
Belgard – 4 pieces (military) with no serial or account!!80.00€ -
Essen (Krupp – private) 2 milliarden5.00€ -
Burghausen 50pf – SPECIMEN!40.00€ -
Laehn – set of 5 (brown) with no serial or account!!99.00€ -
Hamm (‘Fuer Sammler’) scarce 50pf piece!30.00€ -
Dresden-Altstadt 500 million specimen!!40.00€ -
Lichtenfels 50pf – (red 50pf) specimen!!40.00€ -
Dannefeld – uncommon private 50pf note5.00€ -
Loebejuen – set of 3 (nice graphic)!9.00€ -
Wittenberg – 50pf (Luther as Junker Joerg)!3.00€ -
Wismar – uncommon set of 5 (medical dogs)!15.00€ -
Blankenhain – scarce 1m (specimen)!40.00€ -
Lot of 12 different German verkehrsausgaben notgeld (N)15.00€ -
Bremen – 50+100+500m x 2 (Francke)30.00€ -
Nuertingen 50pf3.00€
As a major religious historical figure, Doctor Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) lived as/ disguised himself as ‘Junker Joerg‘, a minor nobleat the Wartburg castle in 1521/22, where he translated the New Testament into German. He was the major influencer of the Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg. Lots of info can be found out about him … Read more What is a ‘Muster’ or ‘Probedruck’ notgeld piece? Just because a note is missing it’s serial number, does not make it a ‘true specimen’ piece! Most of the notgeld ‘specimen’ pieces on the market are just missing a serial number, which is what most of the catalogues state against an ‘M’ (Muster / specimen) entry……..which … Read more
*Luther- Dr. Martin Luther
*Muster / specimen