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 Local & Private Paper Money:
-An introduction to notgeld (emergency paper money).

1. Maps:
   
   • German Empire 1870
   • German Empire 1917

2. An Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland, Russia and Lithuania

3. Former regional localization of German influence emergency paper money (papierenotgeld)

   AL	Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen)
   Anh	Anhalt
   Bad	Baden
   Bav	Bavaria (Bayern)
   Bra	Brandenburg
   Bre	Bremen
   Bru	Brunswick (Braunschweig)
   EPr	East Prussia (Ostprußen)
   Ham	Hamburg
   Han	Hanover (Hannover)
   Hes	Hesse (Hessen)
   HeN	Hesse-Nassau
   Hoh	Hohenzolern
   Lip	Lippe
   LiD	Lippe-Detmold
   LiS	Lippe-Schaumburg
   Lub	Lübeck
   Mec	Mecklemburg
   MSc	Mecklenburg-Schwerin
   MSt	Mecklenburg-Strelitz
   Old	Oldenburg
   OlB	Oldenburg-Birkenfeld
   OlE	Oldenburg-Eutin
   Pal	Palatinate (Pfalz)
   Pom	Pomerania (Pommern)
   Poz	Poznania (Posen)
   PS	Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachen)
   ReE	Reuss Elder (Reuss ältereLinie)
   ReY	Reuss Younger (Reuss jüngre Linie)
   Rhi	Rhineland (Rheinland)
   SaA	Saxony-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg)
   SaC	Saxony-Coburg (Sachsen Coburg)
   SaG	Saxony-Gotha (Sachsen-Gotha)
   SaM	Saxony-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen)
   SaW	Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)
   Sax	Saxony (Sachsen)
   SH	Schleswig-Holstein
   Sil	Silesia (Schlesien)
   ScR	Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
   ScS	Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
   Thu	Thuringia (Thuringen)
   Wes	Westphalia (Westfalen)
   WPr	West Prussia (Westprußen)
   Wal	Waldeck
   Wur	Wurttemberg (Württemberg)

4. Present regional localization of German influence emergency paper money (papierenotgeld)
   
   • BELGIUM
   • CZECH
   • DENMARK
   • FRANCE
   • GERMANY:

   BW	Baden-Wurttenberg (Baden-Württemberg)
   Bav	Bavaria (Bayern)
   Ber	Berlin
   Bra	Brandenburg
   Bre	Bremen
   Ham	Hamburg
   Hes	Hesse (Hessen)
   LS	Lower Saxony (Niedrsachsen)
   MWP	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
   NRW	North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
   RP	Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfatz)
   SA	Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen Anhalt)
   Sax	Saxony (Sachsen)
   Saa	Saarland (Saarland)
   SH	Schleswig-Holstein
   Thu	Thuringia (Thuringen)

   • LITHUANIA
   • POLAND
   • RUSSIA

5. Types of German emergency paper money:
   • -emergency paper money till 1914
   • -emergency paper money of 1914
   • -POW -prisoners of the war 1914-1918 (Gefangenenlager Notgeld)
   • -fractional notes in pfennigs 1916-1922 (Kleingeldscheine)
   • -series notes issued for collectors (Serrienscheine)
   • -notes in marks 1918-1921 (Grossgeldscheine)
   • -inflation emergency paper money 1922-1923
   • -notes in dollars or gold standard 1923-1924 (Goldnotgeld)
   • -concentration camps notes(Konzentrationslager)
   • -emergency paper money 1945-1949

6. Books:
   
   • German Paper Money (in German language)

     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 1+2), Deutsche Serienscheine 1918-1922 (2 volumes) by Hans L. Grabowski, Manfred Mehl Auflage: 3., überarb. und erw. Auflage (16. Februar 2009), 2 volumes Catalog of German emergency paper money -series notes (Serienscheine) 1918-1922, about 900 pages, with about 4400 color pictures.
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 3), Das deutsche Großnotgeld 1918 – 1921. by Anton Geiger Paperback - 528 pages, (2003) Catalog of German bigger emergency paper money, 1 up to 100 mark (Großnotgeld) 1918-1921 with color pictures.
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 4), Die Notgeldscheine der deutschen Inflation 1922. by Manfred Müller Paperback - 600 pages, (2003) Catalog of German inflation emergency paper money (notgeld der deutschen Inflation 1922) issued August 1922 - June 1923, with black and white pictures.
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 5-6), Deutsche Kleingeldscheine: Amtliche Verkehrsausgaben 1916–1922. by Hans L. Grabowski Paperback - 1000 pages, 2 volumes (2004) Catalog of German small emergency paper money, (Kleingeldscheine: Amtliche Verkehrsausgaben) 1916-1922 with about 5000 color pictures.
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 7-8), Das Notgeld der deutschen Inflation 1923, Reprint. by Arnold Keller Paperback - 1200 pages, 2 volumes (2004 reprint of 1958 issue) Catalog of German inflation emergency paper money, (Notgeld der deutschen Inflation) 1923 with out pictures.
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 9), Notgeld der besonderen Art - Geldscheine aus Stoff, Leder und sonstigen ungewöhnlichen Materialien. by Hans-Ludwig Grabowski Paperback - 200 pages (2005) Catalog of German artistic emergency money issued on textile, leather and other unusual material (Notgeld der besonderen Art - Geldscheine aus Stoff, Leder und sonstigen ungewöhnlichen Materialien).
     	Deutsches Notgeld (volume 10), Das Papiergeld der deutschen Länder 1871 - 1948 by Hans-Ludwig Grabowski Paperback - 640 pages (2006) It catalogs with details all of German paper money issued from 1871 till 1948 by Provinces, States and Territories., (Notgeld der deutschen Länder), 1871-1948 .
     	Das Papiergeld der deutschen Eisenbahnen und der Reichspost by Manfred Müller, Anton Geiger Hardcover - 260 pages (2000) It catalogs with details all of German paper money issued by Railroad and Post authorities.