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The Deutsche Mark (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈmaʁk] ⓘ; "German mark"), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" ([ˈdeːˌmaʁk] ⓘ), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002.
The Hamburg mark courant or currency was converted at 1 mark = 1.2 Imperial marks, and the Hamburg mark banco of the Bank of Hamburg was converted at 1 mark banco = 1.5 Imperial marks. German 5-mark Art Nouveau banknote from 1904, designed by Alexander Zick. From 1 January 1876 onwards, the mark and vereinsthaler became the only legal tenders.
The German mark was replaced by the euro, first as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, at a conversion rate of 1.95583 marks per euro. Thereafter, the mark-denominated notes and coins represented the euro at that conversion rate, and remained legal tender until 1 January 2002, when they were replaced by euro notes and coins. Germany mints ...
The East German mark (German: Mark der DDR [ˈmaʁk deːɐ̯ ˌdeːdeːˈʔɛʁ] ⓘ), commonly called the eastern mark (German: Ostmark [ˈɔstmaʁk] ⓘ) in West Germany and after reunification), in East Germany only Mark, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217 currency code was DDM.
German euro coins have three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent coins were designed by Rolf Lederbogen [ de ] , the design for the 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were designed by Reinhard Heinsdorff [ de ] and the 1- and 2-euro coins were done by Heinz Hoyer [ de ] and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer .
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
Denominations of the Deutsche Mark currency. Only the denominations DM 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 were instituted on the initial date of June 20, 1948.. The currency reform of 1948 went into effect on June 20, 1948, in the Trizone, the three western occupation zones of Germany.
Luxembourg euro coins dated 2002 were minted in the Netherlands in 2000 and thus bear the mint master mark of E. J. van Schauwenburg, Temporary Director of the Utrecht Mint during the year of coin production. The Coinage Act of Luxembourg stipulates that national coins cannot have a date stamp prior to the year of issue.