Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 5/29/05 10:56:52 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > Yep, it has a lot to do with "purchasing power parity" in the post-war > economy. > A camera for which you probably couldn't get much film was tradable for > something apparently more valuable - $20 worth of cigarettes, probably > 2,500 > cigarettes in total. > i know a guy in salt lake city who swapped a carton of cigarettes for a leica after the war -- Germany's money had collapsed a couple of times, nobody trusted it, so they went back to that most ancient of currencies--tobacco. One German official, no kidding, when told the US was sending financial aid, asked in all seriousness how many cartons it was sending. ctrentelman