Key Date Coins AM Live Auction 40 pt1 D1
By Key Date Coins
Oct 29, 2023
148 Route 73 Suite 3-184 Voorhees, NJ 08043 USA, United States
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LOT 896:

1923 Weimar Germany 20,000 Marks Hyperinflation Banknote P# 85b Choice AU/BU Slider. In the early 1920s, post-WWI ...

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Auction took place on Oct 29, 2023 at Key Date Coins
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1923 Weimar Germany 20,000 Marks Hyperinflation Banknote P# 85b Choice AU/BU Slider. In the early 1920s, post-WWI Germany saw its economy spiraling out of control. Hyperinflation started directly after the war in 1918, but truly took over the Weimar Republic from 1921 to 1923. The value of the Mark declined incredibly rapidly. 1 USD was equal to 50 German Marks at the beginning of 1920. Toward the end of 1923, 1 USD was equal to over 4,200,000,000,000 German Marks. At times, denominations of the Mark became less valuable than the paper and labor to print it almost immediately after printing. Thus, denominations of the Mark notes became incredibly large, ending up in the tens of trillions.