Albert Pick

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Albert Pick (born May 15, 1922 in Cologne , † November 22, 2015 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was an expert in the field of paper money . The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money , which he initiated , has been the standard work for paper money collectors around the world since 1975.

Live and act

Pick began collecting banknotes and emergency money as early as 1930 . He studied philosophy, literature and history. In 1946 he founded the Cologne University Press and worked as managing director until it was sold in 1964. When his private collection of 180,000 notes at the time became too extensive for a private collector, the Pick collection was taken over by the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank . Pick supervised and expanded the collection from 1964 to 1985 as a curator for the bank. The collection was brought into the HVB Stiftung Geldscheinsammlung in 2003 . He was also a sworn expert on paper money.

The name of the pick numbers goes back to Albert Pick . This is a number system with which collectors can clearly identify and identify each banknote.

In addition to his best-known work, the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money , Albert Pick published numerous books at home and abroad and received several international prizes and awards for his publications.

Publications (selection)

  • Paper money. A manual for collectors and enthusiasts (= library for art and antiques lovers . 47). Klinkhardt and Biermann, Braunschweig 1967, DNB 457809930 .
  • Paper money catalog. Europe since 1900. Battenberg, Munich 1970, DNB 730004058 .
  • Postage money. Klinkhardt and Biermann, Braunschweig 1970, DNB 457809922 .
  • Collect paper money (= Small Numismatic Library. 9). Battenberg, Munich 1971, DNB 730150402 .
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money . Battenberg et al., Munich 1975, ISBN 0-87341-002-5 .
  • The paper money of Bavaria. State paper money, banknotes and emergency money. History and catalog. Gietl, Regenstauf 1989, ISBN 3-924861-03-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Kampmann : Albert Pick (1922–2015). Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Franziska Jungmann-Stadler: Albert Pick. An obituary. In: Monetary History News . Issue 283, January 2016, p. 33 f.
personal data
SURNAME Pick, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paper money expert
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 2015
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen