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5 million mark gold coin issued as emergency currency in Weimar Germany 2004.217.2 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
5 million mark gold coin 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.
5 million mark gold coin 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.
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- Title: 5 million mark gold coin issued as emergency currency in Weimar Germany 2004.217.2 front
- Location: Germany--Economic policy--1918-1933., Germany--Economic policy--1918-1933.
- Provenance: The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman., The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.
- Subject Keywords: Coins, German. Coins--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933. Money--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933. Numismatics--Germany--Westphalia--20th century. Inflation (Finance)--Germany--History--1918-1933., Coins, German. Coins--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933. Money--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933. Numismatics--Germany--Westphalia--20th century. Inflation (Finance)--Germany--History--1918-1933.
- Type: Exchange Media, Exchange Media
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: 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., 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.
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