Overall, Stinnes’ hyperinflation playbook was generally straight forward. He used debt to load up on hard assets prior to the hyperinflation. Then, after the hyperinflation, his hard assets retained their value, in real terms, while their price shot through the roof in nominal terms (relative to the currency).

What this meant is that the debts he owed in terms of the Papermark he borrowed in dropped to the point of being insignificant. Hence, he was able to pay off his debts for practically nothing while retaining his hard assets and becoming filthy rich.