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The worst episodes of hyperinflation historically have been in [[Weimar Germany]] in 1923 (after [[World War I]]), [[Hungary]] and [[China]] after [[World War II]], [[Chile]] under [[Salvador Allende]], and [[Zimbabwe]] in the late 2000s.

The worst episodes of hyperinflation historically have been in [[Weimar Germany]] in 1923 (after [[World War I]]), [[Hungary]] and [[China]] after [[World War II]], [[Chile]] under [[Salvador Allende]], and [[Zimbabwe]] in the late 2000s.

At the peak of the inflationary cycle during the Weimar Republic, workers were paid twice daily in wheelbarrows. Currency was rubber-stamped with extra zeros because new currency could not be printed fast enough.

At the peak of the inflationary cycle during the Weimar Republic, workers were paid twice daily in wheelbarrows. Currency was rubber-stamped with extra zeros because new currency could not be printed fast enough.  In 2022, a 1923 500000 Mark German Dresden Reichsbahn Railroad Emergency Paper Money in Very Fine condition was listed on [[ebay]] for 1 U.S. cent.<ref> https://www.ebay.com/itm/115168335171?hash=item1ad0915543:g:WQQAAOSw3MJh02jk</ref> At 1 cent in U.S. currency, and given years of inflation, its intrinsic and numismatic value was probably overpriced even for collectors, given the quantity issued.

==Disincentive to savings==

==Disincentive to savings==