us-005578-irn521736-irn514931
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Circular, gold colored metal coin with a narrow rim and plain edge. The obverse has an embossed left profile portrait of a man, Minister Baron vom Stein, with a bald crown and short hair with German Fraktur text along the rim. The reverse is embossed with a rearing horse, the White Horse of Westphalia; below are the denomination, 5 million, and year, 1923. Around the rim is German Fraktur text.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1923-01-01
has end date: 1923-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has record set type: Item
history: The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Joel Forman.
identifier: irn514931
is or was included in: us-005578-irn521736
record resource extent: overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 5 million mark gold colored coin supposedly issued during a period of runaway inflation by the province of Westphalia in Germany in 1923. It features the profile portrait of Prussian statesman and minister Baron vom Stein (1757-1831) and the White Horse of Westphalia.
title: 5 million mark gold coin issued as emergency currency in Weimar Germany