Bidspirit auction | Germany, the hyperinflation: lot of


Germany, the hyperinflation: lot of 59 banknotes, most of them 1922-1923: Reichsbank notes, railway notes and emergency money (Notgeld) of towns, districts and companies, from 1 mark to 5 trillion mark, F-XF - Lot of 59 German banknotes, most of them from the inflation and hyperinflation of 1922-1923, when the denominations climbed from thousands of marks to billions and trillions: (1) Reichsbank notes (REICHSBANKNOTE), 1923: 1 million and 5 million mark, and 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 billion mark (Milliarden); (2) notes of the German railway (DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN) and of the railway directorates of Frankfurt and Stuttgart, 1923: 200 and 500 million mark, 20 and 500 billion mark, 1 trillion and 5 trillion mark (5,000,000,000,000; FÜNF BILLIONEN MARK); (3) notes of the Württembergische Notenbank (10,000 mark, 1923) and of the Sächsische Bank zu Dresden (50,000 mark, 1923); (4) emergency money (NOTGELD) of towns, districts, banks and companies: Coblenz (1918), Traunstein (1922), Altona, the district of Bonn, Singen-Hohentwiel, Solingen, Oberhausen, Hannover, Stuttgart, the Landesbank of the Province of Westphalia in Münster and the Borna lignite works, and a cheque of the Girokasse Herrnhut, 1923; (5) a loan bureau note (DARLEHNSKASSENSCHEIN) of 1 mark, 1922, and a Reichskreditkassen note (REICHSKREDITKASSEN) of 1 Reichsmark from World War II. Some of the emergency notes have pictorial backs: a harbour and factories with the motto 'Nur die Arbeit kann uns retten' (only work can save us), a railway station hall and a mine headframe. 59 notes in all; one torn note is not included in the count. Used notes: folds, stains and wear. Condition: F-VF to XF. Units in lot: 59