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The Papiermark (German: [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌmaʁk] ⓘ; lit. 'paper mark', officially just Mark, sign: ℳ︁) was the German currency from 4 August 1914 [1] when the link between the Goldmark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I. [2] In particular, the Papiermark was the currency issued during the hyperinflation in Germany of ...
The second issue notes of 1 ℛ︁ℳ︁, 5 ℛ︁ℳ︁, 10 ℛ︁ℳ︁, and 50 ℛ︁ℳ︁ were equal in value to the ordinary German Reichsmark and were printed on both sides. The 5 Mark note pictured, front and back, is Allied military currency ("AMC") printed at Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company in Boston for occupied Germany.
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 value of the German currency continued to fall in the immediate aftermath of the war. By late 1919, the German government had signed the Treaty of Versailles, which included an agreement to pay substantial reparations to the Allied powers both in hard cash and in in-kind shipments of goods such as coal and timber.
Between 1 July 1990 (the currency union with East Germany) and 1 July 1991, East German coins in denominations up to 50 pfennig s continued to circulate as Deutsche Mark coins at their face value, owing to a temporary shortage of small coins. These coins were legal tender only in the territory of the former East Germany.
Almost all the paper money (about 100 billion Marks, in 620 million banknotes with a volume of 4,500 m 3 (160,000 cu ft), about 300 boxcars), including all the currency collected at the time of the monetary union and the never-used East German M200 and M500 banknotes, was placed into storage in 1990 and 1991 in two 300-metre (980 ft) long ...
A solid serial number is one where every digit is the same, like 55555555. Only about one out of every 11 million notes is a solid, and they can be worth $500 or more.
Prussia: 1 pfenning 1852.The obverse reads: 360 [make up] one thaler. German Empire: 10 pfennig iron coin 1917. The pfennig (German: [ˈpfɛnɪç] ⓘ; pl. 'pfennigs' or 'pfennige' (listen ⓘ); symbol pf or ₰) or penny is a former German coin or note, which was an official currency from the 9th century until the introduction of the euro in 2002.