Papiermark & Zimbabwe Dollar value

[Mauser720]

This situation is reminesent of the inflation experienced by the Weimar Republic. I can't remember where I read about the incident I am going to share; however, I've seen it in more than one history book.

When Germany was ravaged by inflation after losing the war, it was necessary to create paper money in huge denominations. Even so, it still took huge sums of money to buy food and the basic staples necessary to stay alive. In one reported incident, a man took a wheel barrow load of paper money to the local bakery to see if he could buy a loaf of bread. He left his wheel barrow outside while he went inside to inquire on the cost of a loaf of bread. Upon coming back outside, the man discovered that someone had dumped all his paper money on the ground, and stolen his wheel barrow.

Mauser720 - Ron