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Stańczyk by Jan Matejko; source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Stanczyk_Matejko.JPG
May 16
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when the Stumblng Tumblr saw the above image in this Wikipedia entry on hyperinflation, he just had to post it; he well remembers from his boyhood stamp collection German stamps from the 1920s like those in the image here’s another image from the same entry: its caption reads:Inflation 1923-24: A German woman feeding a stove with currency notes, which burn longer than the amount of firewood they can buy.the Stumblng Tumblr was looking at the hyperinflation entry in Wikipedia because he’d just read this story, which begins:Zimbabwe’s central bank has introduced 500 million Zimbabwe dollar notes worth just $A2.15 in the latest sign of spiralling hyperinflation, only a week after issuing the 250 million bill.The new highest denomination note would buy about two loaves of bread.it’s also mentioned in the story that Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate is now about 165K%——
  • when the Stumblng Tumblr saw the above image in this Wikipedia entry on hyperinflation, he just had to post it; he well remembers from his boyhood stamp collection German stamps from the 1920s like those in the image
  • here’s another image from the same entry:
  • its caption reads:
Inflation 1923-24: A German woman feeding a stove with currency notes, which burn longer than the amount of firewood they can buy.
  • the Stumblng Tumblr was looking at the hyperinflation entry in Wikipedia because he’d just read this story, which begins:
Zimbabwe’s central bank has introduced 500 million Zimbabwe dollar notes worth just $A2.15 in the latest sign of spiralling hyperinflation, only a week after issuing the 250 million bill.
The new highest denomination note would buy about two loaves of bread.
  • it’s also mentioned in the story that Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate is now about 165K%
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