1923 was when hyperinflation reached it's peak. You could still get a week's worth of groceries for that in '21.
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It's either a boatload of cash - or two cigarettes.
I'm from another country from one of the top3 inflations in history (Germany is #5). My dad just told me a few weeks ago that back when he was a kid, after using the long-drop toilet, they legit had banknotes to wipe their butt.
Serbs being twice in the top 5
Quite the achievement
Twice in a month!
(AFAIK it was the same thing, they just went through political changes during the Balkan war in 1994)
Actually, no. Instead, the Weimar Republic printed 100-Billionen-Reichsmark bills - those are german Billionen, so 100 trillion for english speakers.
I'm using a german 10 000 mark bill as a bookmark because what else am I gonna do with it? Buy a fraction of a breadcrumb?
You know, that's a neat idea and an absolute flex.
Scrolling through eBay, there are some nice looking bills from other periods as well. But it would be an absolute flex to use a few billion as a bookmark. Hmm… 🤔
IIRC The DM was doing about as good as the dollar, if not better, by the time they switched to the Euro.
In 1921, the currency wasn't Deutsche Mark though, it was Reichsmark. There were a few currency reforms between the end WW I and the switch to Euro.
Yeah, I don't think I could carry enough of these to get half a Teuro.