German Paper Money

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hi all. i found these 3 German paper bills behind our kitchen walls while renovating. there is a 20 heller, 50 heller, and a 75 pfennig

20h:
church on front stamped in green ink with flowers on either side of picture. also words "gemeinde nussdorf am attersee
on back the words "gemeinde nussdorf am attersee - gutschein uber zwanzig heller dieser schein wird bis 30 november 1920 von der gemeinde nussdorf eingelost. nachahmung wird bestraft. nussdorf. am 1. agust 1920 der burgermeister - anton wiestger
50h:
on front a picture of a town on a peninsula type coast area with a mountain in the background. and the words mondfee in oberofterr. and then some small print that i cant read.
on the back is a picture of a man and women working infront of a white blob that sort of looks like a topographic map type thing (it isnt) below that is the words mondfee in oberofterr again. to the right of that is a coat of arms with a typical shield shape with a sun/moon symbol at the top and below that is 3 men in 3 boats in water
75p(very strange):
on the front is a big red dog chasing two people, a man and woman, and in the background is a castle on a hill, with the entire mountain and building on fire. also the words nach reinem tode ging er drum als kettenhund zur grmfe um-3
on the back isa picture of a fortress on the coast which is in the shape of a big red star, with another smaller star in the middile with a town inside of it, and a regular town to the left across the water. tjere os a;sp tje words "vestungh:vechta(e? its sort of an A with 3 lines trailing off of it)to the left of it is a seal with gates to a castle in the center, and around it in a circle is vechte-1591+s'civitatis. at the bottom of the bill is "die sufhgheit __cantread___ 2 monat nach offentf aufkundig. vectsta-14 marz 1922 der magiftcat. in fine print at the bottom is "louis koch-halberstadt

i looked around online for information, but i cant find much, does anybody know anything about these?
 

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super inflation money.

After WW1 Germany got into a super inflation when in 1923 the value of 1 US Dollar was about 13 Billion Marks!

In that time even small towns printed their own money. That's some of it.

Value, not much, but i don't have a list here to look it up though. Some are rarer, but at a guess,... about $ 15
 

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The 20 heller and the 50 heller are not German, but Austrian. Germany used the Mark and the Pfennig.
The star on the 75 pfennig is called a "STAR FORT".
 

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Eddie is right on with Austria. Even the artwork is similar to Austrian stamps. Note that each bill seems to be hole punched with a star - wonder what that is. I have German stamps from this era with a face value in the billions of marks ;D Crazy hyper-inflation! Heard they had to pay people on the hour as the exchange rate was so volatile. To buy a loaf of bread one often needed a wheelbarrow full of banknotes - heard that one of them left unattended was stolen and the pile of banknotes dumped on the ground! :laughing9:
 

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thanks for the help guys! if you dont mind, id like to keep this one open incase others have more info.
 

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the notes are very cool!!!! My uncle found a 1921 revolver inside their wall. welcome to T-Net! :hello: :hello2: :headbang:
 

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I would agree with earlier posts, of Austrian Notgeld (emergency money). Yes Germany did make some at about the same time frame but the actual German hyper inflation was not long after WW I (1923 to be exact). Here is a website I found to shed more light on the subject: http://www.notgeld.com/ .
 

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