German Westphalia 1923 Aluminum Notgeld 0.2 Goldmark, Golsman & Co.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1923
This German emergency money, or Notgeld, was issued in 1923 by Golsman & Co. in Werdohl during the period of hyperinflation. Struck in aluminum, this large disc measures 98 mm in diameter and weighs 99 grams.
The obverse depicts a naked male figure, representing liberated labor, sitting on an anvil while breaking chains with a hammer, inscribed with the phrase 'WERDOHL · SAKE · KORTEN · MACHEN' and dated 1923. The reverse features a highly technical and industrial design with a series of horizontal text panels detailing material specifications, including its aluminum composition (98/99% Hüttenaluminium), its physical dimensions (98.4 mm diameter and 4.9 mm height), and its denomination of 0.20 Goldmark.
It is signed by the manufacturer, Golsman & Co., and bears the location of origin, Werdohl. This piece exemplifies the creative and sometimes experimental nature of emergency coinage produced by private firms during the German economic crisis of the early 1920s.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- 99 g
- Diameter
- 98 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Technical characteristics
- Edge
- Plain
- Denomination
- 0.2 Goldmark
Design
- Obverse
- Naked male figure sitting on broken chains holding a hammer
- Reverse
- Technical inscriptions in horizontal panels listing composition and dimensions
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Golsman & Co.
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