What do we have here?
Looks like something's
from "Mission Impossible."
I could buy your
house with this.
Oh, now you look like
an old drug dealer.
Coming into the
pawn shop today
because I have German
currency from the early 1900s.
It goes from 1,000 marks
denomination all the way
up to about 1 million marks.
I'm asking $10,000, but I
don't think I'm going to settle
for anything less than $5,000.
Whoa.
Pretty cool.
I mean, you probably
have I don't know--
most of them are thousands.
Most of them are thousands.
- 9 million marks.
- Yep.
That's a million dollar bill.
I mean, you probably got
100 million face value here.
And back then, it wouldn't
buy a loaf of bread.
Basically what happened was is
the treaty that ended World War
I was the Treaty of Versailles.
We demanded reparations
from Germany.
We demanded just a
ridiculous amount of gold.
Everyone in Europe demanded
manufactured goods.
Even the United States got
Zeppelins, airships from them.
And it basically
collapsed their economy.
They had to borrow money, which
they really couldn't pay back,
so they printed more money.
That caused inflation, so
they printed more money.
This was how bad it was.
In 1919, four marks would
buy you a loaf of bread.
By 1923, it was
a trillion marks.
That's crazy.
The value of money got
so bad that it was written
on the walls and
public restrooms--
use toilet paper, not the
currency, it clogs the toilets.
I am not kidding.
I believe that.
After World War I, the effects
of the Treaty of Versailles
really screwed up
the German economy.
It created a massive economic
depression and a gateway
for a guy like Hitler
to come into power.
The Treaty of Versailles more
or less guaranteed World War II.
How much do you want for these?
$10,000.
Marks?
Dollars.
No.
You would think they would be
worth money, but it's not rare.
I'll give you $100 for the
entire lot, if you want it.
- Could you do $2000?
- No.
It's interesting, it's
cool, but literally,
I know places where I can
get these for $0.10 apiece.
For $0.10 a piece.
Yeah.
I mean, I'd give
you $100 for them.
Well, I think I'm going
to have to walk away.
I understand.
You might need to heat
your house someday.
I will wallpaper the
House with this stuff.
- Have a good one, man.
- All right, you too.
Thank you.
Well, I think the money's worth
more considering the prices
collectors were getting online,
some I'm kind of bummed out
that I was kind of lowballed.
I was definitely expecting more.
