It is a fact that a law firm gave warnings on grounds of alleged infringement of copyright to companies and private persons. Anyone asking for an explanation hardly got an answer, but what happened? Apparently, there was a legal dispute and the note suddenly disappeared from dealers’ offer lists and from internet auctions. In this case, it had not been taken into account that the word “Neuschwanstein” is also a registered word mark and therefore protected by law. With regard to the edition “Neuschwanstein” (XEBG, 2018-1), things are different. In addition, the note was also issued one year too early. The printing plant cannot be blamed for this error – it was obviously a mistake made by the issuer.

In the end, a settlement was reached and a corrected edition featuring the same motif and showing the artist’s name was issued (2018-2). This is another example of a case where the author was not indicated properly, and a litigation seemed to arise. This brings us to the edition called “30 Jahre Mauerfall” (30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall), motif 2018-1. 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Neuschwanstein Castle “30 JAHRE MAUERFALL” with the name of Birgit Kinder.

“30 JAHRE MAUERFALL” without the name of Birgit Kinder. In the first part, you find a table displaying the errors and a few remarks on the earliest erroneous editions. Actually, this is a good thing for collectors, but in this overview, he takes the liberty to make a few critical remarks. Errors, failures and bad luck – that is what Numiscontrol discovers taking a look at the popular zero euro notes.

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