Currency Collection (page 8)

50000000 Mark note
The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 25/7 1923. Date: 1923

How John Bull Felt
After surviving the hundred pages of cartoons and skits showered upon him in our recent Special " Falling Pound" Number

A Sovereign Remedy
John Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920

Will it Come to This
A possible scenario due to the falling value of the pound against the dollar in 1920. A brashly dressed cigar-smoking American changes a dollar at a bank and when asked how he would like it, replies

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

A Gentle Reminder
The Dollar: Say, you two guys are looking a bit chippy; whats happened? The Sovereign & the Franc: Oh, just a bit of a scrap in France, old son: had you forgotten

Golden Grain
A satirical picture of an American reaper with a huge scythe representing the rate of exchange being sharpened with a lathe representing sterling currency

The Currency Exchange on Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph of immigrants queueing up at a counter to exchange their native currency for American dollars, Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Maximilian I Shown Mint
A mint is shown to the young Emperor Maximilian I

Pacific Currency
Money-cowries of Pacific Islanders

Opening of Rentenbank
Opening of the Rentenbank in Oranien Street, Berlin. The crowd wait for the issue of the new currency, the Rentenmark, aimed at stemming hyper inflation

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