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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1959904, member: 38849&quot;]Per our discussions of billions and trillions of marks last week, here is a typical hyperinflation stamp, 50 milliarden Marks (50 followed by 9 zeroes).&nbsp; The German government even sold advertising space in the margin of sheets of stamps; this one promotes a stamp dealer, and conveniently, provides his address.&nbsp; The faint curved lines are the watermark on the stamp paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>In mint condition, these high-value stamps are of nominal value, in this case about 50 cents each, but properly postally used on a contemporary envelope, more like $25-50 and up.&nbsp; This was the highest denomination issued.&nbsp; Milliardens of this type appeared about two months before the Rentenmark was introduced.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the Rentenmark, stamps like these were sold for scrap paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345524[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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