Money

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A 1940 nickel is worth a couple of bucks in today's money

Sometimes I enter the serial numbers of the bank notes into the database www.eurobilltracker.com/?referer=37185 , although I think it is a bit nerdy.

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I don't think you can put Charles Darwin on the back of a bank note in every country

1902, but the red stamp stating "Deutschösterreich" means that the money was in circulation after 1919, after the founding of the new state of Austria. The Krone was replaced with the Schilling in 1924. This banknote probably dates from the inflation period, starting in 1920.

1922

1917

The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know.

Things are certainly jolly in Bad Harzburg, if you see this bacchanal depicted here. Certainly the most unlikely thing depicted on a bank note I ever saw. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6t1g The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know.

The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know. These low denomination banknotes were made to combat metal shortage.

The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6t1g

The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know.

The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6t1g The text is the so-called "Mumme-Lied" from the opera Heinrich der Vogler from 1718. The words were written by Johann Ulrich König, the music by Georg Caspar Schürmann. It is probably Niederdeutsch, Brunswick is located in the Niederdeutsch area. "Brunsewyk, du leiwe Stadt, vor vel dusent Städen. Dei sau schöne Mumme hat, dar ikk Worst kann freten." --------- "Brunswick, you lovely City, among thousands of Cities. Which got so beautiful/great Mumme (Beer), where I can eat (Brunswicker) sausage."

Things are certainly jolly in Bad Harzburg, people are having a whale of a time in the Biergarten. See also here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6t1g The high inflation period after the First World War in Germany and other countries didn't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The worthless paper money found its way in the collection of many people, among them was my grandfather. How he came about these notes, I don't know.