It was way oversimplified, but I was not trying to write a PHD dissertation on economics. :-) Both plans were perceived by the laymen as a new currency worth 1

It was way oversimplified, but I was not trying to write a PHD dissertation on economics. :-) Both plans were perceived by the laymen as a new currency worth 1 dollar and that helped stopping the inertial indexation of their economies (there! somebody from a stable economy will hardly understand what indexation was like).