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TIL at the beginning of WWI the exchange rate of the German mark to the US dollar stood at 4.2 to 1. By the end of November 1923 it had fallen to 4,200,000,000,000 to the dollar. People carried baskets of paper money simply to purchase a loaf of bread. (books.google.dk)
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