Bidspirit auction | Lot of 41 banknotes, 1919-1944:
Lot of 41 banknotes, 1919-1944: German Rentenbank notes of 1923 and 1937, Allied Military Currency for Germany 1944, a Western Volunteer Army note of Mitau 1919 and Japanese occupation notes, VG-XF - Lot of 41 banknotes: (1) 30 notes of the DEUTSCHE RENTENBANK: 3 notes of 1 Rentenmark and one of 2 Rentenmark of 1 November 1923, from the first issue of the Rentenmark, introduced that month to end the German hyperinflation; 21 notes of 1 Rentenmark and 5 of 2 Rentenmark of 30 January 1937, with a sheaf of wheat on the back; (2) 8 notes of the Allied Military Currency put into circulation in Germany (ALLIIERTE MILITÄRBEHÖRDE, IN UMLAUF GESETZT IN DEUTSCHLAND), Serie 1944: 5 of 10 Mark and 3 of 1 Mark; two of them with a dash before the serial number, the mark of the Soviet printing; (3) a temporary exchange note (ВРЕМЕННЫЙ РАЗМѢННЫЙ ЗНАКЪ, KASSENSCHEIN) of 1 Mark of the Western Volunteer Army, Mitau (Jelgava), 10 October 1919, signed by the army commander Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, with Russian and German texts; serial Б 352552; (4) 2 Japanese occupation notes: 5 dollars of THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, block MR, for Malaya; and 5 sen (五錢) of the Imperial Japanese Government (大日本帝國政府), military currency for China, with a dragon and a red seal. Pen writing on two of the notes. Used notes: folds, stains and wear; heavier wear on the 1923 notes. Condition: VG-XF.