tabbs Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Just a quick comment on the two latest notes ... Gothmund (part of the city of Lübeck) was and still is a picturesque village on the Trave river, with quite a few old houses like the one depicted (see "Haus in Gothmund" at the bottom). The motto underneath the two men is in Platt, not standard German. What I think it says is: (left) My small house on the waterline sparkles in the sunshine, (right) Put up with bad weather, above you a holy hand. The second one is from Haderslev (German: Hadersleben), in the Danish region of Sønderjylland. In the 19th century the town became Prussian, and thus, in 1871, German. After WW1 the Danish-German border regions voted whether they should be part of Denmark or Germany. So in 1920 the German Hadersleben became the Danish Haderslev again. And the referendum is what the note refers to, in a mix of Danish and German. Note the symbol below the 50, by the way - that means Pfennig but is actually a lowercase D. Refers to denarius, much like the d used in the UK before the country went decimal. My grandmother actually used that instead of "Pf" ... Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Just a quick comment on the two latest notes ... Gothmund (part of the city of Lübeck) was and still is a picturesque village on the Trave river, with quite a few old houses like the one depicted (see "Haus in Gothmund" at the bottom). The motto underneath the two men is in Platt, not standard German. What I think it says is: (left) My small house on the waterline sparkles in the sunshine, (right) Put up with bad weather, above you a holy hand. The second one is from Haderslev (German: Hadersleben), in the Danish region of Sønderjylland. In the 19th century the town became Prussian, and thus, in 1871, German. After WW1 the Danish-German border regions voted whether they should be part of Denmark or Germany. So in 1920 the German Hadersleben became the Danish Haderslev again. And the referendum is what the note refers to, in a mix of Danish and German. Note the symbol below the 50, by the way - that means Pfennig but is actually a lowercase D. Refers to denarius, much like the d used in the UK before the country went decimal. My grandmother actually used that instead of "Pf" ... Christian Great info. Thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 An the reverse view on the 50 d. is beautiful. Wonderful note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Fallersleben, Germany 25 pfennig 1Oct1920 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 German women ... At least that is how the text on the obverse begins. The four lines are the second verse of the "Lied der Deutschen" written by August Heinrich Hoffmann. Since the name Hoffmann is a somewhat common one, and he was from Fallersleben, he called himself Hoffmann von Fallersleben. German women, German loyalty, German wine and German singing, shall in the world keep their old good sound! (odd word order since I wanted to preserve the lines) Interestingly the Lied der Deutschen became the German national anthem about two years after this note was issued. (The Federal Republic of Germany has the third verse as its anthem.) The other side shows Hoffmann himself, and Fallersleben Castle. Today Fallersleben is part of the city of Wolfsburg, NI. And there's that pfennig symbol again. A little more "ornate" than a mere lowercase d ... Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Lemgo Germany 10 pfennig 25May1921 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2006 Greiffenberg Germany 3 Marks 192x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Many lost images. I'll see about recovering what I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrorWorld Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 A collage presenting some of my German hyperinflation notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice grouping of notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrorWorld Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 19 German hyperinflation notes from Deutsche Reichsbahn (1,000,000 to 20,000,000,000,000 Mark) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 That's another nice grouping of notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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