Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Danzig Papiermark, last mark issue (1923)
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- Reason
- High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set).
The last series of Danzig (German) papiermark, issued from August to October 1923 during hyperinflation. The last note in the series was issued with the date 11 October 1923. The first gulden was issued on 22 October 1923. This series immediately precedes the first issue of Danzig gulden. - Original
- A complete set (6) of the last issue of German papiermark from the Free City of Danzig. Dated 8 August 1923 through 11 October 1923, the series was issued during the height of Danzig hyperinflation and denominations range from 1 million to 10 billion mark. (For comparison, the initial 1914 issue nine years earlier contained a 50 pfennig, and 1, 2, and 3 mark notes). Single-sided images means there was no printing on the back.
- Articles in which these images appear
- German Papiermark (all), Daniel Chodowiecki, Johannes Hevelius, and Arthur Schopenhauer
- FP category for this image
- Currency/European currency
- Creator
- Danzig Central Finance Department
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
Images by Godot13
Complete set of Danzig’s last issue of the German papiermark (August – October, 1923)
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1 million mark (8 Aug 1923)
Daniel Chodowiecki -
10 million mark (31 Aug 1923)
Johannes Hevelius -
100 million mark (22 Sep 1923)
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500 million mark (26 Sep 1923)
Arthur Schopenhauer -
5 billion mark (11 Oct 1923) -
10 billion mark (11 Oct 1923)
- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 16:43, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 17:56, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:13, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – Historical EV, in line with Gulden nom. Sca (talk) 23:57, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support, essentially agree with analysis by Sca, above. — Cirt (talk) 01:18, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:34, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – Jobas (talk) 13:35, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
- Support – DreamSparrow Chat 18:50, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-24-Danzig-1MIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-25-Danzig-10MIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-27-Danzig-100MIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-28a-Danzig-500MIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-30-Danzig-5BIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:DAN-31-Danzig-10BIL Mark (1923).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)