Westphalia 1923 billion mark notgeld
The first specimen was lot 75148 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. "Province of Westphalia". Tombac Billion Mark Notgeld, 1923. PCGS MS-65. Fairly RARE and enchanting, with a pleasing matte nature throughout." The second specimen was lot 77367 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. "Province of Westphalia". Maillechort Billion Mark Notgeld, 1923. PCGS MS-64 Matte. SCARCE and attractive in this format." This is the highest denomination of a series of tokens issued in 1923, including fifty, 100, 500, 10,000, ¼ million, 2 million, 5 million and 50 million mark. We doubt they were intended to circulate, as they are never found worn. The German billion equals an American trillion.
Recorded mintage: 11,113 in nickel brass (second specimen) plus 100 in brass (first specimen).
Specification: 83.9 g, nickel brass, 60 mm diameter, or "Tombac" (brass).
Catalog reference: Funck-645.15A (nickel brass) or Funck-645.15B (tombac).
- Funck, Walter, Die Notmunzen der deutschen Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder, etc.; Band 1: Standardkatalog der amtlichen Ausgaben 1916-1921, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Geitl Verlag, 2000.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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