My Grandfather was in the army air core towards the end of the european portion of WWII. These were a few of the bills he brought back.

Well most of them. This was in the pile, as best I can figure it is from 1984...



This also is a bit out of date, 1969 if i read the side inscription correctly.



Most of the period correct stuff to follow.
Funfzig Mark from 1914


Zwanzig Mark notes from 1944





Zwei Rentenmark from 1937



Eine Rentenmark Same era



Eine Mark 1944




Funf Mark 1944


Zehn Mark 1944





20 Francs


10 Francs 1944


10 Francs 1940





1940 Japanese Peso (JIM) from the Philippines

Cool to see those, thanks. Surprised the war era Mark bills don't have a Swastika on them. I had a silver 5 Mark coin with a Swastika on it, my room mate in GE stole it, spent it and I beat his ass with the unspoken permission of the 1SG

Cool collection! Thanks for posting.

Very cool, thanks for sharing those!!!!!

Most of the mark notes (1944 date) are 'occupation' money, printed by the Allies prior to the occupation of Germany... thus the 1944 dates.

FWIW

CHuck

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
Cool to see those, thanks. Surprised the war era Mark bills don't have a Swastika on them. I had a silver 5 Mark coin with a Swastika on it

Those aren't German Government notes. It's "occupation currency" printed by the Allies for use in Allied-occupied areas of Germany.

Note the "Alliierte Militärbehörde" markings on the notes. This is German for "Allied Military Authority".

The Allies printed occupation currency like that in five local currencies: German Marks, French Francs, Italian Lira, Japanese Yen, and Austrian Schillings.

(That 1943 "Japanese Peso" note is the same concept, from the other side. It was printed by the Japanese for use during their occupation of the Philippines.)

Actual German Reichsmark notes from that period did have swastikas:

That is Verdi (the composer) on the 1000 lira note.