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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 802991, member: 39&quot;]Yes, those hyperinflation years must have been hard. And this piece is indeed a good symbol, but it was not issued by Germany, nor was it ever in use ...</p><p><br /></p><p>First let us keep in mind that what you see here is a &quot;1 Billion&quot; piece. However, a German Billion is an English (at least American) trillion. So what you see there is a 1 Trillion Mark &quot;coin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, that piece was issued by the Prussian province of Westphalia (the issuing authority, so to say, was the Landesbank Westfalen). So, like most notgeld, it was regional.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then, well, the Westphalian pieces were primarily fundraisers. The Jaeger catalog calls them medal-style commems, not issued for circulation but in order to get funds for social/charity purposes. This 1 &quot;Billion&quot; piece was even issued <b>after</b> the inflation, and then sold at a price of 2.50 RM ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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