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TIL In Germany in 1923, 1 dollar reached a 4.2 trillion german marks conversion and a 100 trillion note was issued (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

I am from Germany and actually still have several trillion marks lying around in my attic, inherited from my great-grandfather. Inflation was so high at some point that he couldn't keep up with spending the earned money before the curve became highly exponential and the money become basically worth nothing within days...