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RE: Collection of my memory and World War II banknotes

in Hive Collectors10 months ago

100.000.000.000.000 (Kölner) Mark
Bild der 45. Woche - 5. bis 11. November 2012

The city of Cologne had its own currency: Cologne marks
Hyperinflation 1923
https://museenkoeln.de/portal/bild-der-woche.aspx?bdw=2012_45
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A banknote just for the city? No matter how big Cologne is, it's not that big... Ehat motive did they have? I have to read it 🙂

We have had hyperinflation in recent history. 1992 and 1993. That will be the subject of my next Hive Collectors post.

This is/was the backside:
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The special thing about this crisis was that municipalities (and also companies) were given permission to print their own money because the Reichsbank could no longer keep up with the pressure.

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