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Not Goldmark Pattern
| Issuer | City of Bielefeld |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse script | Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Bielefeld's emergency coinage program of 1923 was genuinely unusual — the city issued notgeld in materials ranging from linen to compressed rye, making this copper-nickel-zinc piece the comparatively conventional option. The "Not Goldmark" designation attempted to peg the token's value to gold during the hyperinflation crisis, a local workaround to the collapse of the paper mark that was evaporating purchasing power by the hour that year.
Funck 633.1 and KM M110.1 both document this as a pattern rather than a circulation strike, meaning it likely never functioned as the stabilization instrument it was designed to be.