At the time of the Great War Belgium I printed notes which were worth only two ! pence halfpenny each, and many French ' and Italian towns had paper twopences and sixpences. Germany also competed for the world's record in paper money I he town of Zeulcnroda turned out notes •worth one pfennig each. A pfennig is the hu-ndredth part of a mark, and by sanT"" ° f exchan S e > over a thoil- i sand marks went to the pound Fven on c c™o a ubV YOUl t d DOt beat Russia ' **£ »omina y two h-n- 8 the rOl,ble U ««X for absence l° U ' could ence £2000 worth of roubles. c
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 196, 19 August 1922, Page 22
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