Hey guys, I recently came across this WWII note from Croatia, year 1941 according to Pick ... notice the stamp in the corner with the eagle:







I bought it out of absolute curiosity, I collect WWII notes and have never seen a stamped note of this kind or of any country really except ones stamped by allied forces immediately after the war.... The seller had this note and also a 20 Reichsmark that had a similar stamp but the note was extremely worn so I didn't take it. I'm just really perplexed here.... would there be a purpose in stamping notes?

Any input much appreciated
Oh, and anyone who can read German feel free to translate the seal.. all I can make out is "Fuhrer" and what I think are creepy SS Runes

The note is real, the stamp is not. People are creating the handstamps - stamping the notes and selling them on eBay. Essentially they are fantasies. If you look in the paper money section there are literally dozens of these for sale at any given time, occupation notes, regular German notes, invaded countries notes etc.

you have some examples here http://www.hamispenzek.hu/hamis_papirpenz_pengo/index.php

Thanks for clearing that up!