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Blockhead reacted to KRO in Taking profit from stock to buy gold
As an "old git", I don't think you will have to wait that long
When somethings "worth" £41,000 on Sunday, pump and dump Musk issues one tweet,
and its suddenly worth £35,000 by Thursday, how can people possibly describe it as "digital gold"
Thats an insult to gold, at least I can sleep soundly at night
even though the Brits and Sovs under the mattress are a bit lumpy😀
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Blockhead reacted to trozau in World coins & medals
1923 Germany Notgeld Rhine-Ruhr 50, 100, and 500 Million Mark
Things were very grim in Germany. War, human atrocities, ruthless dictators, crushing defeats, and financial collapse plagued the nation. German cities issued their own coinage since the imperial coins were completely worthless. It was an emergency and replacement money was needed. That's what notgeld means: emergency money.
This piece of notgeld from the Rhine-Ruhr region is particularly gruesome. The coin was struck at 33 mm in diameter, designed by the famous German medalist Karl Goetz. Greek god Prometheus appears on the obverse, chained to a rock with an eagle eating his liver as part of his eternal punishment by Zeus. On the reverse a child appears in an eternal flame. There are incused letter on edge: NOTGELD.
There are three denominations of the Rhine-Ruhr notgeld:
50 million mark -- brass
100 million mark -- white metal or silvered bronze
500 million mark -- gilded metal
I own a full set of 3, plus an additional 2 - 500 million mark coins for a whopping 1.65 billion marks. To put it in relatable context: by late November 1923, one US Dollar was equal to 4.21 trillion marks.
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Blockhead reacted to trozau in NOTGELD - Hyper Inflationary Emergency Money
1923 Germany Notgeld Rhine-Ruhr 50, 100, and 500 Million Mark
Things were very grim in Germany. War, human atrocities, ruthless dictators, crushing defeats, and financial collapse plagued the nation. German cities issued their own coinage since the imperial coins were completely worthless. It was an emergency and replacement money was needed. That's what notgeld means: emergency money.
This piece of notgeld from the Rhine-Ruhr region is particularly gruesome. The coin was struck at 33 mm in diameter, designed by the famous German medalist Karl Goetz. Greek god Prometheus appears on the obverse, chained to a rock with an eagle eating his liver as part of his eternal punishment by Zeus. On the reverse a child appears in an eternal flame. There are incused letter on edge: NOTGELD.
There are three denominations of the Rhine-Ruhr notgeld:
50 million mark -- brass
100 million mark -- white metal or silvered bronze
500 million mark -- gilded metal
I own a full set of 3, plus an additional 2 - 500 million mark coins for a whopping 1.65 billion marks. To put it in relatable context: by late November 1923, one US Dollar was equal to 4.21 trillion marks.
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Blockhead got a reaction from mr1030 in Today I Received.....
As someone with only a small amount of gold I was very pleased to receive this from @Gypsytoday, effectively doubling my total gold holding by weight. Beautiful coin and a pleasure to deal with.
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Blockhead got a reaction from MrFreezerrr in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from ZigZag in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from trp in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from damok666 in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from Colnago in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from sixfour in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from CoinStruck in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from TheShinyStuff in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from Antwerpstacker in Today I Received.....
As someone with only a small amount of gold I was very pleased to receive this from @Gypsytoday, effectively doubling my total gold holding by weight. Beautiful coin and a pleasure to deal with.
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Blockhead got a reaction from Heirlooms in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead got a reaction from MickB in Today I Received.....
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Blockhead reacted to Gypsy in Today I Received.....
Wow. Carl,it looks so nice. I’m glad you’re happy with your purchase.
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Blockhead reacted to KevjustKev in Today I Received.....
Really got to stop, yet have to get rid of my lump sum somehow!
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Blockhead got a reaction from Zhorro in Today I Received.....
As someone with only a small amount of gold I was very pleased to receive this from @Gypsytoday, effectively doubling my total gold holding by weight. Beautiful coin and a pleasure to deal with.
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Blockhead got a reaction from Smiler999 in Today I Received.....
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