Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic
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The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic was a three-year period of hyperinflation in Germany (the Weimar Republic) between June 1921 and January 1924.
A medal commemorating Germany's 1923 hyperinflation. The engraving reads: "On 1st November 1923 1 pound of bread cost 3 billion, 1 pound of meat: 36 billion, 1 glass of beer: 4 billion."
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- German gold mark
- Rudolf Havenstein
- Andreas Hermes
- Karl Helfferich
- Zero stroke
- This One Thousand Mark note dated 15th December 1922 was overstamped in 1923 with red "eine Milliarde Mark" or "One Billion Marks", because the currency was depreciating so fast.[1]
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