German Receipts from 1923 - Showing the inflation

Good morning All

Over the weekend I found these three receipts, now part of my collection. Thought I would share this with all of you as this shows how severe the inflation was in Germany in 1923. Thought you all would enjoy this.

The small receipt and the receipt at the bottom of the first photo, also have dates and amounts on the back, shown in the second photo. All the receipts are for payment of potatoes

The small receipt is for payment of what looks like 10 bags of potatoes, assume the amounts on the back are for the same number of bags. Looking at the information on the small receipt, on the front it has:
1. Dated 21.09.1923 for 60 Million mark
On the back:
2. Dated 03.10.1923 for 400 Million Mark
3. Dated 18.10.1923 for 1 Milliarden Mark

The top of the two large receipts is dated 15.11.1923 and is for 1 Billion Mark (remember in German Milliarden and Billionen are not the same as in Englsih)

The bottom large receipt, where the back can be seen on the second photo, the information is as follows:
Front: Dated 22.10.1923 10 Milliarden Mark
Back:
1. 29.10.1923 10 Milliarden Mark
2. 02.11.1923 for 50 Milliarden Mark
3. 07.11.1923 for 3 Gold Notes (Assumed something like this note was issued https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note209003.html)
4. 22.11.1923 for 2 Billionen Mark

Scary stuff if you think that your salary of last week is now worth only a 10th of that today.

Philip

You see it also on postal envelopes:



Note how they wrote down the total amount on the front side, right margin, in pencil.

Für Retsporto bitte wenden - For remaining postage please turn

(remember in German Milliarden and Billionen are not the same as in Englsih)
Please tell us more?

► Yes, Idolenz, a funny little note ─ and polite in tone.

The first two stamps at the top right account for more than half of the total (105,000). They passed as many virtually worthless stamps as they could fit on the envelope.

► Here's more on big numbers:

English / German

Million / Million = 1,000,000
Billion / Milliarde = 1,000,000,000
Trillion / Billion = 1,000,000,000,000
Quadrillion / Billiarde = 1,000,000,000,000,000
Quintillion / Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Sextillion / Trilliarde = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Septillion / Quadrillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Octillion / Quadrilliarde = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Nonillion / Quintillion or Quinquillion = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

French is the same as German. So, discussing the Zimbabwean inflation in French can lead to confusion and mistakes.

Have a nice evening.
I don't think it will be valid anymore. However, you can try to exchange it 1: 1 for euros at the bank.

If they do not agree with the exchange, at least you will buy UNC banknotes and coins today and the day will end happily anyway.
Probably for humor

I'm sorry, until now I've read it, I think the German grammar stuck to me, it's potatoes.
So the price really went down there after the summer, so it's really cheaper, but temporarily.
Ivan