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nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 02/16/2014 6:32 pm So, some of us should be familiar with this genre of famous image, the poor working man using worthless banknotes for a creative purpose: My question: what happened to this wall we see being papered? Does it still stand (or was it bombed to pieces by the Allies?)? Can we see it? Is it in some museum somewhere? I also remember a bar in my city having a bunch of signed $1, $2, and $5 (the progressively cheapest Canadian notes) stapled and taped all over to its walls. Apparently this is common behaviour. I also saw a convenience store in touristy Montreal that had a wall of signed world banknotes from all over. Does anyone have any pictures of this kind of display? Report this Post to the Staff

Pertinax Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2133 Posts	Posted 02/18/2014 6:48 pm I don't have any pictures (well actually I certainly did but I've no idea where they are). I had several German student friends in the 70s who bought sacks of damaged and poor condition inflation notes from flea markets and used them as wallpaper, book covers, etc. My girlfriend used them to beautify our worn, scarred breakfast table that was rescued from a dump. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/07/2014 10:40 am No idea whether that particular wall was bombed or otherwise destroyed at any time in the past 90 years. But there are quite a few images like that. Here is another one: http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-i...rderless.jpg The idea was that, at a certain time in the "hyperinflation" period, it was less expensive to use worthless money for the "decoration" of a wall than to buy wallpaper. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
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