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The most expensive egg in the world - ever!
Neil MacGregor reveals how German hyperinflation made the price of eggs scramble beyond belief. By 1923 there were 12 trillion Marks to the dollar; paid salaries turned to junk paper overnight. Former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, joins Neil MacGregor to help explain how this can happen.
First broadcast as part of Germany: Memories of a Nation, Radio 4, Wednesday 29 October, 2014
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