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The Reichsmark was then replaced by the Deutsche Mark, to become the currency of West Germany and then all of Germany after the 1990 reunification. The Reichsmark was used in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany until 23 June 1948, where it was replaced by the East German mark. The Reichsmark was subdivided into 100 Reichspfennig (Rpf or ...
British Military Government Law No. 61 was instrumental in the process of replacing the Reichsmark with the Deutschmark, since it spread the news to the German public about how this new currency was to be inplemented. As part of the Western Allies’ coordinated efforts, this law set the framework for implementing the currency reform in the ...
By the end of the war, the oversupply of banknotes and coins (RM 3.9 bn in 1933, RM 60 bn in 1945) became obvious, openly showing up in inflated black market prices. From 1944 the Allies printed occupation marks (also called military marks), decreeing that these were to be accepted at par with the Rentenmark and the Reichsmark.
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, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Reichsmark, Rentenmark, AM-Mark Reason: intended to protect West Germany from the second wave of hyperinflation and stop the rampant barter and black market trade Ratio: 1 DM = 1 RM (either) below 600 RM 1 DM = 10 RM above 600 RM and each person received 40 DM: Currency of West Germany (incl. West Berlin) 21 (24 W-Berlin) June 1948 – 30 June 1990
As the market was experiencing a glut and prices for petroleum were low, the Nazi government made a profit-sharing agreement with IG Farben in 1933, guaranteeing them a 5 percent return on capital invested in their synthetic oil plant at Leuna. Any profits in excess of that amount would be turned over to the Reich.
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The economic policies were heavily oriented toward the world market, and the export sector continued to be very strong. [123] Prosperity was pulled along by exports that reached a record of $1.7 trillion US dollars in 2011, or half of the German GDP, or nearly 8% of all of the exports in the world.