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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 864020, member: 39&quot;]You sure have an attractive collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Strictly speaking, the Hamburg coins are not dated - &quot;Hamburgische Bank von 1923 AG&quot; was the name of the issuing bank. But that bank was established in October &#039;23 by various banks and businesses in order to find a way out of the hyperinflation. They pretty much did, at a local/regional level, what was achieved by the Rentenmark at a national level a little later.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is actually correct to assume that these were minted in late 1923. Also, &quot;Marke&quot; is the German word for token or stamp. Not quite sure what the English word for &quot;Verrechnungs-Marke&quot; is, but accounting token should come close.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Westphalian pieces, those were (despite the word &quot;Notgeld&quot;) never used as means of payment. They were issued and sold as fundraisers. Should not keep anybody from collecting them, of course. I have a few myself ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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