The name Papiermark (help·info) (English: paper mark, officially just Mark, sign: ℳ) is applied to the German currency from the 4th August 1914 when the link between the Goldmark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I. In particular, the name is used for the banknotes issued during the hyperinflation in Germany of 1922 and especially 1923 (see Inflation in the Weimar Republic), which was a result of the German government's de...
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