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In July 1946, prices in Hungary doubled about every fifteen hours — a man paid in the morning had to spend his wages fast or watch some forty per cent of their value vanish by dinner, so the national bank ended up issuing the highest-denomination banknote ever put into general circulation, with a face value of 100 quintillion pengő

In July 1946, prices in Hungary doubled about every fifteen hours — a man paid in the morning had to spend his wages fast or watch some forty per cent of their value vanish by dinner, so the national bank ended up issuing the highest-denomination banknote ever put into general circulation, with a face value of 100 quintillion pengő
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If I were living in a country with ridiculous inflation like that I would demand to be paid in some kind of tangible goods. I know jews tend to ban ownership of precious metals in times like that, but there are other things you could use. Even dealing with bartering would be better than getting paid in worthless bank notes.

[–] • 2 pts

Bullets are the only currency by that point.