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The E-Sylum: Volume 29, Number 38, 2026, Article 4

NEW BOOK: GERMAN BANKNOTES, 24TH ED.

A new edition of the Grabowski catalog of German banknotes has been published. Here's a Google-translated description from the publisher's website. -Editor

German banknotes 24th edition book cover German banknotes from 1871 onwards
Hans-Ludwig Grabowski

Paper money issued by German central banks, government paper money, colonial and occupation issues, German territories and banknote-like securities and vouchers

ISBN: 978-3-86646-279-3
Edition: 24th edition 2026/2027
Dimensions: 14.8 x 21 cm
Type of figures: colored throughout
Type of cover: Hardcover
Number of pages: approx. 880

This comprehensive, full-color, up-to-date reference work on German banknotes from the founding of the German Empire in 1871 to the present day, organized by historical period: the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Allied occupation, the GDR, the Federal Republic of Germany, and related territories. In addition to the notes of the German central banks (including state-owned note banks), it also includes government paper money, colonial and occupation issues, banknote-like securities and vouchers, occupation issues from both World Wars, and military currency. All areas are cataloged with their own numbering systems and currently valued.

The catalog includes:

  • German banknotes and government paper money
  • German Empire 1871–1918
  • Weimar Republic 1918–1933
  • German / Greater German Reich 1933–1945
  • Allied Occupation 1945–1948
  • German Democratic Republic 1949–1990
  • Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1999
  • European Monetary Union from 2002

Related areas:

  • Emergency government issues
  • German state and private note banks 1871–1930
  • Banknotes of the German colonies
  • German foreign banks (Argentina, China, Mexico)
  • German military and occupation issues as well as ghetto and prison money
  • Paper money-like securities (conversion vouchers, tax coupons)
  • Paper money-like vouchers (WHW vouchers)
  • German territories (Occupied Rhineland, Danzig, Memel Territory, Saar Territory)

Newly included are the vouchers of the "Reich Commissioner for Maritime Shipping" from 1942 to 1944, as well as the draft of an edition from the High Command of the Red Army from 1944 for the occupation of Germany.

For more information, or to order, see:
Die deutschen Banknoten ab 1871 (https://www.battenberg-bayerland.de/produkt/die-deutschen-banknoten-ab-1871)

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