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[[Image:SA52-2607.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2607]]

This specimen was lot 2607 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "WESTPHALIA: [[Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)|Weimar Republic]], 5,000,000 mark, 1923, with original box of issue, gilt notgeld, the Saxon Steed from the Province of Westphalia // Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein portrait, a superb quality example! PCGS graded MS65." This is from a series of [[German notgeld|notgeld]] 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.

''Recorded mintage:'' 105,178 + 8,695 in brass (Funck 645.11).

''Specification:'' 32.9 g, copper, 44 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' Funck 645.10, J-N22.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Westphalia 1923 10000 mark notgeld]]
* [[Westphalia 1923 50 million mark notgeld]]
* [[Westphalia 1923 billion mark notgeld]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1923]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 52]]