5 million mark gold coin issued as emergency currency in Weimar Germany
Extent and Medium
overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
Archival History
The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel Forman
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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.
Subjects
- Coins, German.
- Numismatics--Germany--Westphalia--20th century.
- Inflation (Finance)--Germany--History--1918-1933.
- Germany--Economic policy--1918-1933.
- Money--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933.
- Coins--Germany--Westphalia--History--1918-1933.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media