Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Inflating your collection : 1 German Empire (Weimar Republic) f

The third emission of 1923 covers the notes emitted between March and June.
It starts with a 5000RM note that was not issued - probably was the value already too low to bring into circulation.
In stead of the 5000 RM note, a 500,000 RM note is put into circulation.
This note exists in 2 versions.
German Reich 88 a (top) - 88 b (bottom)
The first issue (top pic) has two serial numbers on the front, and 2 serial numbers on the reverse side of the note. On the second version, there is only one serial number on the front side, none on the back.
reverse side of German Reich 88a (top) and 88b (bottom)
Besides the diffenences mentionned in the catalogue, we also see that the blue underprint on the second note (88b) is clearly more pronounced than the 88a-version.

A 2,000,000 RM is included in third emission, but dated July 1923 - therefore I skip this note for the moment.
5 million RM (June 1923) - Pick 90
5 million RM (June 1923) - Pick 90 reverse
to be continued ...

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