Deutschmark Gallery

Cartoon, Dr Hellferich, WW1

Cartoon, Dr Hellferich [Helfferich], German finance minister. He says: It's strange! The higher the costs rise, the lower the Mark falls! Karl Helfferich (1872-1924) was a German politician, economist and financier. He was responsible for financing the First World War, relying on loans rather than taxes, in the hope that Germany would win the war and reclaim costs from their defeated enemies. Date: 1917

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5000000000000 Mark note

The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 5 000 000 000 000 Mark edited in Berlin 1/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923

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1900s, 1910s, Bank Note, Crisis, Currency, Deutschmark, Deutschmarks, Economic, Finance, Financial, German, Inflation, Mark, Marks, Money, Note, Notes, Trillion

100000000 Mark Note

The hyperinflation the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Charity banknote on 100 000 000 Mark edited in Altona 1/10 1923 during the hyperinflation the Weimar Republic. Front. Date: 1921-1923

© IBL Collections / Mary Evans

1900s, 1910s, Bank Note, Crisis, Currency, Deutschmark, Deutschmarks, Economic, Finance, Financial, German, Hundred, Inflation, Mark, Marks, Million, Money, Note, Notes