I'm not an economics or historian but I think hyperinflation can only really happen paper currency which is relatively modern of an invention. But that doesn't

I'm not an economics or historian but I think hyperinflation can only really happen paper currency which is relatively modern of an invention. But that doesn't mean we invented a new problem out of hubris. Hyperinflation is only a problem in that it can cause necessary goods to become unaffordable. Goods being unaffordable (or straight up unavailable) almost certainly happened more frequently prior to paper currency.