1923 Goetz Bronzed 50 Millionen Mark Notgeld Arrived

cosmicdebris · June 16, 2004 5:30AM

I also have the Gold Plated 500 Millionen version on the way.

cacheman · June 16, 2004 5:38AM

I saw where the seller has more of these up for grabs if anyone is interested...

cosmicdebris · June 16, 2004 5:40AM

LINKY-POO to auction of another just like it by the same seller.

SYRACUSIAN · June 16, 2004 6:39AM

What a difference a picture makes!

Stork will thank you for the link.

cosmicdebris · June 16, 2004 7:16AM

I see your icon in your sig. We'll try again next month.

Askari · June 16, 2004 10:15AM

I think I'm going to go for it! I don't have any of Goetz' notgeld and this is a primo example. Wish me luck!

Stork · June 16, 2004 11:22AM

<< <i>Stork will thank you for the link. >>

I will pass on this one

but yes, I think that one is definitely on the watch list. Yet another twist to the coin per country, now I'm looking at Notgeld too! Where will the madness end?

Cathy

lordmarcovan · June 16, 2004 2:33PM

I'm sure glad that auction link described what the reverse design portrays, or otherwise I'd have had no clue. Looks like a piece of driftwood!

cosmicdebris · June 16, 2004 6:15PM

<<driftwood!>>

Cathy is that a coin sea-saw or coin catapult in your sig?

Coulport · June 16, 2004 10:13PM

Strange design and rather weak in detail. It leaves a lot open to interpretation.

I'm with LM on this one.

Stork · June 17, 2004 7:50AM

It's a device that can asses for the correct weight (via the balance part), diameter and thickness of a sovereign and half sovereign for counterfeit detection. I guess this would be an old fashioned Fisch instrument! I find it somewhat less destructive than scratching or biting the coins

. Naturally I found it on ebay. I understand that Marsh's book "The Gold Sovereign" comments on it, though I have yet to pick up a copy of the book. In fact, I think I was running a search for the book when this turned up. Maybe time to run that search again--thanks for the reminder!

CoinAddict · June 17, 2004 8:46AM

This would go nicely with your scale, Cathy.

Stork · June 17, 2004 10:49AM

Thanks! I added to my watch list...I can't load any pictures right now...kind of weird really, not on the forums (even the avatars), ebay, adobe or anything...I need to go reboot I think.

Cathy

edited to add: Ah, that's better! Rebooting is a good thing.

lordmarcovan · June 17, 2004 11:00AM

<< <i>This would go nicely with your scale, Cathy. >>

Hey- that's pretty neat!

1923 Goetz Bronzed 50 Millionen Mark Notgeld Arrived

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