In the Roman empire currency debasement went through reducing the weight and precious metal content of a given coin. Introducing new denominations, multiples of the former, was common practice to prevent the majority of coins becoming obsolete.
Ever since the world is off the gold standard, inflation has been persistent in most countries. Whereas Weimar style hyperinflation is disruptive for all coinage, any persistent 'double digit' inflation is not. However it does result in ever higher denominations being coined... until a currency reform ultimately gets rid of some trailing zeroes.
As to limit your zeal, let's put any four digit number as a the lower boundary for posting. So hold your italian L500 for another occasion... and finally since this thread is about circulating coins, high nominal value commemorative silvers have no place here.
The largest nominal value in my collection is this 100.000 Turkish Lira coin from 1999.
Near the 'lower boundary', for this thread, I've got a 1000 Réis from Brazil (1911). This 10 g silver coin was minted for circulation from 1906 till 1912, with a circulating commemorative added in 1913. The old Brazil real was abandoned in the 1940's. (By then 1000 Réis was a common brass coin).
I've got a few 'BIN lira' coins from Turkey, but none exceed 50 Bin Lira.
In the 'same style' Brazil coined some of their later 2000 Réis also as 2 Mil Réis
The german mint had almost completely run out of metal supply in the early 1920's, which resulted in many cities, but also companies - such as public transport - issuing their own coins. The larger denominations minted by the Weimar republic have been the aluminium 3 Mark in 1922 and the 200 and 500 Mark in 1923 (both are actually smaller than the 3 Mark coin). This illustrates how inflation has been accelerating towards the end of the paper mark era. In November 1923 the new Rentenmark replaced the paper mark.
As the Austrian empire had fallen apart after WW-I, the young Austrian Republic found itself without precious metals and the Krone hyperinflated faster than the mark in Germany. By 1923, the Austrians didn't however continue increasing the money supply to compensate for the inflationary tidal wave. This cooled down inflation and allowed a more orderly changeover to the Schilling. The Austrian Schilling was equivalent to 10000 Krone. From that period (1924) a 1000 Krone coin. The obverse is identical to the later 10 groschen.
引用する: ArnoVDoes this one pass the criteria? Turkish bin means 'thousand', so the coin actually says '250,000 Lira'.
Or do you want it written entirely as a number?
I have the same as you, just maybe a 2002 coin...
引用する: Idolenz1.000.000.000.000 Mark (1 billion in long scale or 1 trillion in short scale)
sadly not in my collection, would be a nice curiosity
The pure example of this hyperinflation mentionned in the beginning, thanks to a notgeld
引用する: FrenchloverI've got the 750000 lira
But is it yours?
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
I Have these ones...
2.000 Reis Brazil
1.000 Cruzeiros Brazil
1.000 Pesos Colombia
1.000 Rupiah Indonesia
1.000 Lira Italy
1.000 Pesos Mexico
1.000, 2.000, 5.000 Lei Romania
5.000, 100.000 Lira Turkey
1.000 Bolivares Venezuela
1.000, 2.000, 5.000 Dong Vietnam
In the same 'style' as the 'bin lira' = 'thousand lira', here is a 2 Mil Réis from Brasil, double dated 1822-1922 commemorating the centennial of independence.
Towards the end of the old Polish Zloty, high face value coins have been minted in copper nickel. In my collection, there 's this 20000 Zlotych (1993) with the Lancut castle on its reverse:
