New TAG request (coins): #Hyperinflation

New TAG request: #Hyperinflation

Name of the tag in English, French, and Spanish: Hyperinflation, Hyperinflation, Hiperinflación

Parent tag: #Event

A short description of when this tag should be used: tag should be used for coins with the following conditions:

1) Coin types: No patterns

2) Composition: Non precious

3) Face value: 100000-999999999999999

(i.e. non precious metals circulating coins worth ≥ 5-figure face value)

e.g. Numista Search Catalog Results

Be warned, there are some precious metal coins that were subject to hyperinflation: N#4613

Some_Nerd

Be warned, there are some precious metal coins that were subject to hyperinflation: N#4613

No problem!

Sure there are some exceptions to that general rule…

For coins, there are only 61 coins that fit this criteria. Half of these are from the Portuguese colonial empire, so the high face value may be cultural and not an indicator of actual inflation.

I inserted an example in the original post.

It shows few results, although we get (notgeld) coins Weimar Republic (Germany), and standard circulating coins from Turkish Lira, Ukraine • Karbovanets (1992-1996), etc.

All of them are notorious currencies from famous hyperinflationary periods…

Some_Nerd

(…) Half of these are from the Portuguese colonial empire, so the high face value may be cultural and not an indicator of actual inflation.

Those are all gold coins. You didn't use rule #2 as mentioned above:

2) Composition: Non precious

Some countries had changed currencies instead letting their currencies having several zeros. Eg, Brazil changed currency 5 times in the 80s and 90s or Venezuela with 1 bolívar digital = 1,000,000 bolívares soberanos = 100,000,000,000 bolívares fuertes = 100,000,000,000,000 bolívares

Some_Nerd

For coins, there are only 61 coins that fit this criteria. Half of these are from the Portuguese colonial empire, so the high face value may be cultural and not an indicator of actual inflation.

I would say that it's indeed cultural. The notation of réis were in thousands (1$000, if you compare to Portuguese escudo notation that was 1$00 for 1 escudo)