Currency notes and banknotes

A currency note is a means of payment made of paper or a similar material. Banknotes are currency notes issued by a bank (bank of issue).

If you would like to sell your collection or specific currency notes, the first thing you should do is seek advice from our experts. Experienced professionals can tell very quickly whether it makes sense to sell your notes or whether they are relatively worthless. If the material is valuable enough to go under the hammer, the notes can be included in the next auction.

As with all collection material, the value is determined by supply and demand. In some cases, the face value of the banknotes is also still a factor. This should be taken into account when selling them.
Example 1: The cash value of a DM 1,000 note from the Federal Republic of Germany is €511.29.
Example 2: The legendary $100,000 note from the USA is of course always worth at least $100,000.

Emergency money is a form of currency that is issued by states, municipalities or companies in times of war or crisis as a replacement for official money. In most cases where emergency money is used, the actual currency has been weakened to the extent that people no longer have any confidence in it. Emergency money can also take the form of goods or foodstuffs.