national currency, Reichsbanknote, 50 000 mark, Germany
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Physical description
national currency, Reichsbanknote, 50 000 mark, Germany.
Note has been folded in four and is a little creased with patches of dirt engrained on both sides.
History note
National currency issued in Germany by the Reichsbankdirektorium.
The acquisition comprises two albums containing German currency notes (CUR 10123 : CUR 10988) and fifteen coins.
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.
