“As [[Adam Fergusson]] described in When Money Dies: “There were stories… of restaurant meals which cost more when the bills came then when they were ordered. **A 5,000-mark cup of coffee would cost 8,000 marks by the time it was drunk**.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[inflation]], [[fiat-currencies]], [[hyperinflation]], [[teaching-anecdotes]] **Source** -- [[20250201125729 - B - Just Keep Buying]]