Commodity money with intrinsic value seems to be thing of the past and the fiat version rules in today’s economies however from time to time due to rapid movements in prices of base metals we can witness resurrection of hard cash of a sort. This usually occurs in case of small denomination coins – their …
Rare short term treasury bill of the German (3rd) Reich issued by Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Debt Management Office of the German Reich) in favor of Steiermarkische Sparkasse Head Office (Steiermark Savings Bank) in Graz (Austria) on 9 April 1945, due 19 May 1945. Unpaid as on the due date there was nobody to collect the money from …
Interesting document – offered as bill of exchange but actually it has nothing to do with such bills. It is a confirmation that Hermann Kennemann from Klęka invested the amount of 100 Thalers as a silent partner in a company set up in order to publish newspaper in German language. The company published Ostdeutsche Zeitung, …
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Few words about my first hobby (traveling being the second, and motorbike being the third) known by an English term “SCRIPOPHILY” i.e. collecting and researching old securities and financial documents… I am interested in documents related to financial markets operations and their history: old stock or bond certificates, financial and banking documents such as letters …
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Below you will find the result of my own research of the history of state bonds issued between 1918 and 1939 by 2nd Polish Republic – Catalogue which (in my opinion) contains complete list of government bonds (within the scope I have defined) issued between 1918 and 1939. Short term treasury bills (zero coupon, maturity …