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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 3922950, member: 84905&quot;]This one is slightly bigger than the one above, but still a real Minimus. Again, it is a mystery to me how these coins functioned. Perhaps they changed hand only in bags, meaning that their size and appearance was of no concern. More likely, these coins represent the final stage of hyperinflation when the monetary system disintegrated. The German hyperinflation of 1923 lasted only about 6 months.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes these coins are attributed to &quot;Germanic tribes/Germanic tribes at the Rhine/or Rhine-Frankish-people&quot;. I think this is complete nonsense. The Germanic people were not interested in small copper coins. I think the Minimi represent the final stages of hyperinflation and the various imitative coins represent instances were the official mint had run out of official dies and operated with dies that were made by non-expert engravers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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