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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2308375, member: 46237&quot;]Yup. The hyper-inflation between mid-1945 and mid-1946 obsoleted currency so fast that they not only put the year on their notes, they put the month as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The highest denomination Hungarian note I have from this period is a June 1946 Szazmillio B.-Pengő note, that&#039;s equivalent to <b><i>100 quadrillion Pengő</i></b>. Just a couple years earlier, one Pengő was roughly equivalent to a US silver quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, the word Pengő is an onomatopoeia for ringing; meant to evoke the sound of a ringing silver coin. This was chosen to instill confidence in the value of the new denomination when the Pengő replaced the hyper-inflated Hungarian Korona.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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