Aaah, thanks! This is what I had in mind. Though I misjudged the time frame: 10000 Mark in 1921 is in the ball park of 2000 US$ today; that is, if he got lucky, since the German hyperinflation in the 20s quickly made that money essentially worthless.
> I need 20000US$.
That's all it reads (with value converted to today's dollar-value for easier interpretation) - and of course it was granted.