In a chapter entitled 'The Death of Money', Konrad Heiden tells the following story:
"A man who thought he had a small fortune in the bank might receive a letter from the directors: 'The bank deeply regrets that it can no longer administer your deposit of sixty-eight thousand marks, since the costs are out of all proportion to the capital. We are therefore taking the liberty of returning your capital. Since we have no bank-notes in small enough denomination at our disposal, we have rounded out the sum to one million marks. Enclosure: one 1,000,000-mark bill.' A cancelled stamp for five million marks adorned the envelope."
Michael Burleigh: The Third Reich - A New History.
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