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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1929460, member: 28550&quot;]I believe these were contemporary to the inflation happening. Unlike paper money or the latter issue (aluminum) inflation coinage, these were something that people could hold onto that had heft. They were made to rally support around currency/economic reform.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I&#039;d love to read more about is how rentenpfennig were monetized. All I&#039;ve ever found is a note that they were capitalized based on the value of German industry. How on earth did that work? Forming a national currency on the basis of private property held by its citizens (property which cannot easily be sold or repossessed) seems rather difficult to pull off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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