Germany, Westphalia 10 Mark 1921 - NGC AU58

GERMANY. Westphalia. 10 Mark. 1921.

- Value: 10 Mark.
- Year: 1921.
- Inscriptions: Obverse: FRH. WILH. V. FÜRST VON FÜRSTENBERG. Reverse: NOTGELD · PROVINZ WESTFALEN · 10 MARK · 1921.
- Grade: AU58 BN (NGC).

Bronze coin issued as Notgeld by the Prussian province of Westphalia in 1921, within the series of emergency coins created to address the currency shortage in the early years of the Weimar Republic. The obverse features the portrait of Franz Wilhelm von Fürstenberg, a prominent reformer, educator and statesman of Westphalia, depicted in profile with a sober and elegant style, surrounded by his name in Gothic characters. The reverse shows the galloping horse, a traditional symbol of Westphalia, accompanied by the Notgeld legend, the province name, the face value of 10 Mark and the issue date. The specimen preserves an attractive original brown color, corresponding to the BN designation, with slight wear only at the high points of the relief, maintaining much of the original mint luster and excellent definition of the details, fully in line with the AU58 BN grade awarded by NGC. This issue constitutes a representative testimony of the monetary solutions adopted by the German regional authorities before the outbreak of the great hyperinflation of 1923.

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