COLLECTION 4 DIFF LG RARE 1923 INFLATION "HUNGER TOKENS" w INSANE LIVING COSTS!

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This is the finest, largest collection of these tokens anywhere! 4 DIFFERENT GEMS!!! Scan shows Token #1. The other 3 have the same basic design with the addition of a sinking ship on back of the last 2.
GERMAN INFLATION "HUNGER TOKENS"
These rare and unique medals were issued in late 1923 at the peak of German Hyper Inflation. They are almost the size of a U.S. Silver Dollar.  Minted to commemorate the "Suffering of the German People", they show an inflation-stricken family surrounded by thorns.
TOKEN #1 BRONZE
The reverse reads: On November 1, 1923 it cost 3 Milliarden (3 Billion) Marks for a pound of bread, 30 Milliarden (30 Billion) for a pound of meat, and 1 Milliard (1 Billion) for a glass of beer.
Absolutely staggering numbers!
TOKEN #2 BRONZE
The reverse reads: On November 15, 1923 (15 days later) it cost 80 Milliarden (80 Billion) Marks for a pound of bread, 900 Milliarden (900 Billion) for a pound of meat and 52 Milliarden (52 Billion) for a glass of beer.
Absolutely staggering numbers!
TOKEN #3 BRONZE
The reverse, which also shows a sinking ship, reads: On December 1, 1923 (30 days later) it cost 260 Milliarden (260 Billion) Marks for a pound of bread and 3.2 Billionen (3.2
Trillion
!) for a pound of meat.
Absolutely staggering numbers!
TOKEN #4 SILVER
Extremely rare! Same design as #4 but in
silver
!!
Stranger than fiction, but these were the actual facts on the ground at the time!
Google "1923 Germany Inflation" for the historic causes of this situation.
Exceptionally nice AU or BU condition. Scarce in any grade and RARE so nice.
Only set of 4 in our archives!