Show south american currency in most countries is about the size and general appearance of american bills except that cinnamon brown and slate blue are the pre ailing colors and the spanish and portuguese languages the prevalent language engraved on the face the german currency is rather artistic the bills are printed in green and black upon paper lighter than american gold certificates certificate and sand about an inch wider they run in denominations from 5 marks to 1000 marks their later bills are being printed on the silk fiber paper |