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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 Reichsmark was replaced by the Deutsche Mark at a rate of 10:1 (1:1 for cash and current accounts) in June 1948 in the Trizone [5] and later in the same year by the East German mark in the Soviet Occupation Zone (colloquially also "Ostmark", since 1968 officially "Mark der DDR").
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.
From a 1960s Mustang to a 2008 Hummer, the type of cars that are worth the most money, surprisingly, vary. In other words, you may have a fortune parked in your garage and not even realize it.
This is a list of commemorative coins issued by the Federal Republic of Germany. For regular coins , see Deutsche Mark and German euro coins . Those prior to 2002 were denominated in Deutsche Marks; subsequent ones have been denominated in euros .
The remaining convertible mark of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a currency that officially replaced the German mark as de facto currency of the ruptured economy and hyper-inflation of local divided currencies after the Bosnian war, pegged to the German mark 1:1 at the time, and further pegged to Euro at the rate at which German mark was replaced, i ...
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