File:Billionmarks.jpg

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This One Thousand Mark note dated 15th December 1922 was overstamped in 1923 with red "eine Milliarde Mark" or "One Billion Marks", because the currency was depreciating so fast.

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This One Thousand Mark note dated 15th December 1922 was overstamped in 1923 with red "eine Milliarde Mark" or "One Billion Marks", because the currency was depreciating so fast.

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PD-Abb. eines Georg Pencz - Portraits (Münzmeister Jörg Herz)

Gemälde
Banknote vom 15. Dezember 1922

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:32, 31 July 2014	866 × 562 (348 KB)	Fountain Posters	Reverted to version as of 12:41, 14 November 2005
	00:23, 13 November 2012	866 × 562 (403 KB)	Fountain Posters	Levels
	12:41, 14 November 2005	866 × 562 (348 KB)	Bemoeial~commonswiki	source: 14:45, 16 October 2005 . . en:user:Watercolour . . 866x562 (356089 bytes) description: This One Thousand Mark note dated 15th December 1922 had to be overstamped in red with "eine Milliarde Mark" or "Obe Billion Marks", because the currenc