What items have you found when moving into a new home?

[Harry Bloomfield]

A German friend found bank notes with a face value of over 300 Billion German Reichsmarks in an old house he had bought to demolish and build new on the site.

Maybe someone squireling them away in anticipation of their value increasing in the future?

 

[bernardgreen]

Maybe someone squireling them away in anticipation of their value increasing in the future?

Most had an end of life date after which the banks would not accept them but now collectors will pay quite a lot of money them

DÜSSELDORF 1923 100 TRILLION MARK Highest Denomination Ever Issued! XX-RARE | eBay

(XX-RARE Inflation Notgeld Banknote. "Eine Billion" = 1 Trillion! "Eine Milliarde" = 1 Billion. Billionenscheine ) represent the highest denominations issued during the height of Weimar inflation in the last few months of 1923.

www.ebay.co.uk

Though that one looks like it could be a fake,