national currency, Reichsbanknote, 10 million mark, Germany
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Physical description
National currency, Reichsbanknote, 10 million mark, Germany.
Note is in good condition.
History note
The Reichsbanknoten-issue covered the period 1915-1924, which included the last years of the Second Reich, and the inflation period which fatally damaged the post-Wilhelmine Weimar Republic.
Part of a collection of banknotes purchased from Sotheby's in 1966.
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness. Yet at the time, it was a popular and seemingly pragmatic policy.
Military conflict took place during every year of the 20th Century. There were only short periods of time that the world was free of war. The total number of deaths caused by war during the 20th Century has been estimated at 187 million and is probably higher.
