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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 7840400, member: 41219&quot;]Per <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1922, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation" rel="nofollow">inflation</a> started to get out of control in Germany, culminating in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic" rel="nofollow">hyperinflation</a>. Throughout the year, the value of the mark deteriorated faster and faster and new money in higher denominations was issued constantly. The Reichsbank could not cope with the logistics of providing the necessary supply of money, and <i>Notgeld</i> was again issued—this time in denominations of hundreds and then thousands of Marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>By July 1923, the Reichsbank had lost control of the economy. <i>Notgeld</i> flooded the economy, being issued by any city, town, business, or club that had access to a printing press, in order to meet the insatiable rise in prices. Even <i>Serienscheine</i> were being hand-stamped with large denominations to meet the demand. By September, <i>Notgeld</i> was denominated in the tens of millions; by October, in billions; by November, trillions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The notgeld from Westphalia has interested me for awhile for its large sizes and massive denominations. In the span of two years, they went from values of 50 Pfennig to 1 billion Marks. In the last year, 1923, they rapidly increased from hundreds to billions. In February of 1923, 500 Marks could not buy a loaf of bread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I so far have acquired 7 different types of Westphalia notgeld but there are still plenty more to go. Trying to collect these on a budget can be difficult.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have any other denominations that aren&#039;t shown here. Please feel free to share them. Thanks for looking!</p><p><br /></p><p>1921</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>50 Pfennig</p><p>Aluminum</p><p>24mm/1.29g</p><p>Mintage: 258,023</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348604[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1921</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>5 Marks</p><p>Aluminum</p><p>32mm/3.50g</p><p>Mintage: 120,753[ATTACH=full]1348603[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1921</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>10 Marks</p><p>Bronze</p><p>38mm/19g</p><p>Mintage: 116,489</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348602[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1922</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>500 Marks</p><p>Tombac</p><p>38mm/19.4g</p><p>Mintage: 57,593</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348600[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1923</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>500 Marks</p><p>Tombac</p><p>38.3mm/19.48g</p><p>Mintage: 65,117</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1923</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>10,000 Marks</p><p>Tombac</p><p>44.5mm/31.7g</p><p>Mintage: 315,809</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348601[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1923</p><p>Westphalia Notgeld</p><p>50,000,000 Marks</p><p>Aluminum</p><p>44mm/8g</p><p>Mintage: 78,464</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1348605[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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