A poor beggar displays a copper penny while a one billion mark paper note is pinned to his coat 10 · MILLIARDEN · MARK PAPIER-DAS · IST · 1 · KUPFER PFENNIG. DAS · ERSTE · IST · SEHR · VIEL - DAS · LETZTERE · SEHR · WENIG (One billion marks in paper equals one copper penny. The first is very much, the last is very little).
Keerzijde:A burly French colonial soldier stands guard while an old man digs and an old woman prays UND ·AR·BETE · UND ·AR·BETE ·UND ·AR·BETE (And work, and work, and work… ). In exergue, "DAS VOLK" (The People).
| Unieke product code (UPC) | 1311 |
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| Omschrijving voorzijde | A poor beggar displays a copper penny while a one billion mark paper note is pinned to his coat 10 · MILLIARDEN · MARK PAPIER-DAS · IST · 1 · KUPFER PFENNIG. DAS · ERSTE · IST · SEHR · VIEL - DAS · LETZTERE · SEHR · WENIG (One billion marks in paper equals one copper penny. The first is very much, the last is very little). |
| Omschrijving keerzijde | A burly French colonial soldier stands guard while an old man digs and an old woman prays UND ·AR·BETE · UND ·AR·BETE ·UND ·AR·BETE (And work, and work, and work… ). In exergue, "DAS VOLK" (The People). |
| Diameter | 63 mm |
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| Land | Duitsland |
| Materiaal | Brons/koper |
| Materiaal extra | Gegoten |
| Referentie | Kienast 306 |
| Achtergrond | A satire on the heights of inflation and the belief that only work and prayer can help the country. The reverse inscription PRAY AND WORK was intentionally mispelled by leaving the letter "I" out of the word ARBEITE (work). By doing so, Goetz was able to create an endless circle of the words bete und arbeite (pray and work - pray and work - pray and work). |
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