Germany, Westphalia 5 Mark 1921 - NGC MS62

GERMANY. Westphalia. 5 Mark. 1921.

- Value: 5 Mark.
- Year: 1921.
- Inscriptions: Obverse: WESTFALEN LAMB-579.3 ALUMINUM. Reverse: NOTGELD DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN 5 MARK 1921.
- Grade: MS62 (NGC)

Emergency coin (Notgeld) issued during the difficult period of the Weimar Republic, after World War I. The obverse features the portrait of General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, while the reverse shows a rampant horse, heraldic symbol of Westphalia. These coins were minted in aluminum due to the scarcity of precious metals, and represent a singular chapter of German monetary history.

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