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[[Image:SB225-75148o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75148]] | [[Image:SB225-75148o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75148]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:SB1125-77367o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77367]] | ||
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| − | + | 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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. "Province of Westphalia". Tombac Billion Mark [[German notgeld|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<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|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 plus 100 in brass ( | + | ''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). | ''Specification:'' 83.9 g, nickel brass, 60 mm diameter, or "Tombac" (brass). | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Funck-645.15B. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Funck-645.15A (nickel brass) or Funck-645.15B (tombac). |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
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* Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982. | * Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>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. | * <sup>[1]</sup>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. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction'', Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
Latest revision as of 10:11, 20 January 2026
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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