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| Financial crisis: Free money coming your way! |
| 2008-12-18 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Stamps would cost a few billions http://www.zum.de/whkmla/stamps/germany/gerinfla1.jpg |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-12-18 17:25 |
| #5 Of course people used the smaller denominations for heating. In the last weeks before the system was changed people carried their daily (!) wages home in cartloads, but before you could buy some bread with it the whole load had become worthless. No urban legend btw. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-12-18 17:23 |
| #4 Oh not the ones I have because they are family heritage. But those notes sell on German Ebay Here's a picture (1 billion=1 trillion in the U.S.) http://www.preussen-chronik.de/_/bilder/523_Eine_Billion_Reichsmark.jpeg |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-12-18 17:21 |
| #3 EC, I'd love to get one of those from you if you're interested in parting with one. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-12-18 17:15 |
| #2 I still have a few trillion reichsmark. In 1923 people used them for heating because that was cheaper than buying coal with the bills. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2008-12-18 17:08 |
| #1 To paraphrase PJ o Rourke, If you think life is expensive, wait till money is "free". |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-12-18 13:36 |