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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1124535, member: 39&quot;]Interesting; while I know the occupation coins, I have never seen that &quot;driekruinenboom&quot; design. Well, selecting three tulips an an &quot;appropriate Dutch&quot; design was certainly a minor issue among what the nazis did, but it is odd indeed to replace one kitsch/cliché design with another one ...</p><p><br /></p><p>That Westfalen &quot;coin&quot; looks interesting because of the high face value. But we need to keep in mind that those Westphalian issues were not used as coins - they were sold as fundraisers instead. The &quot;1 Billion&quot; piece even came out after the end of the hyperinflation, and was sold at a price of 2.50 RM then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this topic is about coins, I don&#039;t really want to go &quot;into&quot; paper money, but here is an interesting denomination:</p><p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/HUP_100MB_1946_obverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/HUP_100MB_1946_obverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/HUP_100MB_1946_obverse.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/HUP_100MB_1946_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/HUP_100MB_1946_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/HUP_100MB_1946_reverse.jpg</a></p><p>That means 100,000,000 b.‑pengő ... and the &quot;b.&quot; is short for billion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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