Trade: My 605,000 German Marks for your $.50 US 90% BONUS ADDED!!
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This is an especially crucial and topical subject given the state of the economy, the government, Ben Bernacke's helicopter, etc.
After WWI, Germany was supposed to make reparations to the nations it had injured. Just before this "London Ultimatum" German marks traded for about 7 marks per dollar. By the time of the first payment on this debt, early 1921, the rate had risen to about 60 marks per dollar. By November of 1921, the rate had zoomed to 330 marks per dollar.
Shortly thereafter, through a series of intentional and unintentional events, the inflation rate skyrocketed and Germany went through one of the most intense periods of hyperinflation the world has ever seen. Within months the rate had doubled to around 800 marks per dollar, then over 1,000, then 1,000,000. By the end of 1923, the rate had blown past a billion and gone to well over a trillion marks per dollar.
This collection consist of seven notes: six 100,000-mark notes and one 5,000-mark note. The 100,000-mark notes are dated February 1923. The 5,000-mark note is dated April of 1923, placing these bills at the onslaught of hyperinflation. The impressive 100,000-mark bills are about 7.25 x 4.25 inches—roughly twice the size of a modern US dollar bill--and exhibit a gorgeous array of purples, greens, and black & red ink on bone backgrounds with a neat spiral oak leaf watermark on the far right-hand side. The 5,000-mark bill is 5 by 3.5 inches, and is beautifully rendered in peach, green, black, dark brown, and blue. It features a stern etching of Martin Luther(?), on medium weight parchment paper with a criss-cross watermark throughout.
These are awesome pieces of history fast approaching 100 years old, and a warning about what could happen here or anywhere. They make a beautiful display, they're a nice background for coin photography, and they're much more interesting for kids to play with than store-bought "play money".
These notes are for the most part only lightly circulated with one exception having seen more use than the others.
Looking for $.70 us 90%. A mix of quarters, dimes, halves is fine. What do you have?
(Peace dollar shown for size only).
After WWI, Germany was supposed to make reparations to the nations it had injured. Just before this "London Ultimatum" German marks traded for about 7 marks per dollar. By the time of the first payment on this debt, early 1921, the rate had risen to about 60 marks per dollar. By November of 1921, the rate had zoomed to 330 marks per dollar.
Shortly thereafter, through a series of intentional and unintentional events, the inflation rate skyrocketed and Germany went through one of the most intense periods of hyperinflation the world has ever seen. Within months the rate had doubled to around 800 marks per dollar, then over 1,000, then 1,000,000. By the end of 1923, the rate had blown past a billion and gone to well over a trillion marks per dollar.
This collection consist of seven notes: six 100,000-mark notes and one 5,000-mark note. The 100,000-mark notes are dated February 1923. The 5,000-mark note is dated April of 1923, placing these bills at the onslaught of hyperinflation. The impressive 100,000-mark bills are about 7.25 x 4.25 inches—roughly twice the size of a modern US dollar bill--and exhibit a gorgeous array of purples, greens, and black & red ink on bone backgrounds with a neat spiral oak leaf watermark on the far right-hand side. The 5,000-mark bill is 5 by 3.5 inches, and is beautifully rendered in peach, green, black, dark brown, and blue. It features a stern etching of Martin Luther(?), on medium weight parchment paper with a criss-cross watermark throughout.
These are awesome pieces of history fast approaching 100 years old, and a warning about what could happen here or anywhere. They make a beautiful display, they're a nice background for coin photography, and they're much more interesting for kids to play with than store-bought "play money".
These notes are for the most part only lightly circulated with one exception having seen more use than the others.
Looking for $.70 us 90%. A mix of quarters, dimes, halves is fine. What do you have?
(Peace dollar shown for size only).
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
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That's a total of 11 gorgeous and historically relevant notes, for a total of 608,100 marks, and I'll include one extra hyperinflationary 100 mark note, too.
Still only looking for $.50 US 90%. What have you got to lose?
--Severian the Lame
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