Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 5 million mark gold colored coin supposedly issued during a period of runaway inflation by the province of Westphalia in Germany in 1923. It features the profile portrait of Prussian statesman and minister Baron vom Stein (1757-1831) and the White Horse of Westphalia.
- Date
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issue:
1923
- Geography
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issue:
Westphalia (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Forman
- Markings
- obverse, along rim,embossed : • Minister vom Stein • Deutschlands Führer in Schwerer Zeit 1757-1831 [• Minister vom Stein • Germany's Leader in More Difficult Times 1757-1831]
reverse, embossed : 5 Millionen / Mark
reverse, along rim, embossed : • 1923 •
reverse, along rim, embossed : Notgeld der Provinz Westfalen [Emergency Money of the Province of Westphalia]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Coins (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular, gold colored metal coin with a narrow rim and plain edge. The obverse has an embossed left profile portrait of a man, Minister Baron vom Stein, with a bald crown and short hair with German Fraktur text along the rim. The reverse is embossed with a rearing horse, the White Horse of Westphalia; below are the denomination, 5 million, and year, 1923. Around the rim is German Fraktur text.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-01 09:07:14
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514931
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