Extinct Currencies (and why?)

[Arbitrageur]

 

[Pekelo]

You want big denomination? Biggest inflation in history:



Worst Inflation Ever
The world's worst inflation occurred in Hungary, in June, 1946, when the 1931-gold pengó was valued at 130 million trillion paper pengós.

 

[Avid_Consumer]

keep em coming, i'm starting to see a pattern

thanks

 

[BlueHorseshoe]

Since you brought it up, I'm going to be launching a new currency in the fourth quarter.

I'm going to back it with home-brew beer.

Now don't everyone rush to PM me - I'm not exchanging the 'Blue' for other currencies - only hard commodities or services rendered.

 

[Avid_Consumer]

many things have real value don't they

 

[dont]

I have a book with bank notes from Greece during the second world war. The biggest note is (I think I remember) 100 000 000 000 drachma's. At the end of the war that note was replaced with 1 new drachma.

 

[Josh009]

<img src="http://www.slick.com/new/gaggifts/webpages/graphics/nwrmny10.jpg"

 

[Avid_Consumer]

oh good, the 5 million mark note is back. whew

 

[TheStudent]

These pictures are cool - I would love to have a few extinct currency notes in the library.

 

[BlueHorseshoe]

Speaking of ...

Retiree Flushes Money Down Toilet

Published: April 20, 2006
BERLIN (AP) -- A retiree in northern Germany flushed some 30,000 marks (euro15,300, US$18,900) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said ...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Germany-Flushed-Fortune.html?_r=1&oref=slogin