A good example is found in the book The Everything Bubble. See the following quotation..
"In the aftermath of WWI, many countries in Europe abandoned any link between their currencies and gold. As soon as they did this, they began printing vast amounts of their currencies. The currency debasement resulted in the British Pound, French Franc, and German Reichsmark losing considerable value against the US dollar. This combined with capital fleeing Europe for the United States, pushed the US dollar higher for a time."This part about inflation is genuine, but the reasons provided are not.
The quote presumes that currencies should be linked to gold and that delinking them from gold leads to inflation. Furthermore, the quote said many countries began printing vast amounts of their currencies; this is inaccurate. The private central banks produced inflation, not the governments. All of the European governments at this time had private central banks. In the case of Germany, it was the Reichsbank that was producing Reichmarks for speculators.
This is commonplace. It is rare for people that work or writes on finance to understand money and its history. If they did, they would not make the errors that are so frequent, as in the above example.
Source: The Everything Bubble
https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Bubble-Endgame-Central-Policy/dp/197463406X