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The '''Deutsche Mark''' (DM, DEM) was the official [[currency]] of [[West Germany]] from [[1948]] until [[German re-unification|re-unification]] in [[1990]] and the official currency of [[Germany]] from then until the introduction of the [[euro]] in [[1999]] (coins and notes were withdrawn from circulation in [[2002]], it is guaranteed by the [[Deutsche Bundesbank]] that all DM cash may be changed into [[Euro]] forever). One [[Euro]] was set to be equivalent to DEM 1.95583. 1 ''Mark'' = 100 ''[[Pfennig]]'' (pennies). |
The '''Deutsche Mark''' (DM, DEM) was the official [[currency]] of [[West Germany]] from [[1948]] until [[German re-unification|re-unification]] in [[1990]] and the official currency of [[Germany]] from then until the introduction of the [[euro]] in [[1999]] (coins and notes were withdrawn from circulation in [[2002]], it is guaranteed by the [[Deutsche Bundesbank]] that all DM cash may be changed into [[Euro]] forever). One [[Euro]] was set to be equivalent to DEM 1.95583. 1 ''Mark'' = 100 ''[[Pfennig]]'' (pennies). |
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==History== |
==History== |
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[[Image:20 Deutschmark note 3rd Reich.jpg|right|thumb|250px|This 20 Deutschmark note was used during the [[Third Reich]].]] |
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A mark had been the currency of Germany since its original unification in [[1871]]. While the ''[[Papiermark]]'' of the [[Weimar Republic]] underwent [[hyperinflation]] until it was replaced by the ''[[Rentenmark]]'' in late [[1923]] and the ''[[Reichsmark]]'' in the following year, the Deutsche Mark was regarded a symbol of West German and subsequently German economic power and stability. In the former [[GDR]] the [[East German mark]] (''Mark der DDR'', unoffically ''Ostmark'') was used. |
A mark had been the currency of Germany since its original unification in [[1871]]. While the ''[[Papiermark]]'' of the [[Weimar Republic]] underwent [[hyperinflation]] until it was replaced by the ''[[Rentenmark]]'' in late [[1923]] and the ''[[Reichsmark]]'' in the following year, the Deutsche Mark was regarded a symbol of West German and subsequently German economic power and stability. In the former [[GDR]] the [[East German mark]] (''Mark der DDR'', unoffically ''Ostmark'') was used. |
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The image displays the obverses of all regular coins, with the values of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00 and 5.00 DEM (there is no 0.20 coin, and originally there was no 2.00 coin either). 0.01 and 0.02 are copper-colored, 0.05 and 0.10 are brass-colored, the rest are silver-colored. The reverse displays an oak twig (0.01-0.10), a woman planting an oak seedling (0.50), the [[Bundesadler]] (German eagle; 1.00 and 5.00) and faces of the German politicians and scientists [[Konrad Adenauer]] (Chancellor), [[Theodor Heuss]] (President), [[Franz-Josef Strauss]] (Minister of Defense), [[Ludwig Erhard]] (Chancellor), [[Kurt Schumacher]] (Leader of the [[SPD]]), [[Willy Brandt]] (Chancellor) and [[Max Planck]] (Physicist) (2.00). |
The image displays the obverses of all regular coins, with the values of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00 and 5.00 DEM (there is no 0.20 coin, and originally there was no 2.00 coin either). 0.01 and 0.02 are copper-colored, 0.05 and 0.10 are brass-colored, the rest are silver-colored. The reverse displays an oak twig (0.01-0.10), a woman planting an oak seedling (0.50), the [[Bundesadler]] (German eagle; 1.00 and 5.00) and faces of the German politicians and scientists [[Konrad Adenauer]] (Chancellor), [[Theodor Heuss]] (President), [[Franz-Josef Strauss]] (Minister of Defense), [[Ludwig Erhard]] (Chancellor), [[Kurt Schumacher]] (Leader of the [[SPD]]), [[Willy Brandt]] (Chancellor) and [[Max Planck]] (Physicist) (2.00). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 15:30, 25 December 2004
The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until re-unification in 1990 and the official currency of Germany from then until the introduction of the euro in 1999 (coins and notes were withdrawn from circulation in 2002, it is guaranteed by the Deutsche Bundesbank that all DM cash may be changed into Euro forever). One Euro was set to be equivalent to DEM 1.95583. 1 Mark = 100 Pfennig (pennies).
History
A mark had been the currency of Germany since its original unification in 1871. While the Papiermark of the Weimar Republic underwent hyperinflation until it was replaced by the Rentenmark in late 1923 and the Reichsmark in the following year, the Deutsche Mark was regarded a symbol of West German and subsequently German economic power and stability. In the former GDR the East German mark (Mark der DDR, unoffically Ostmark) was used.
The Deutsche Mark was introduced in 1948 by the Western powers once the post-war division of Germany into East and West seemed permanent. The move, intended to protect West Germany from the second wave of hyperinflation and stop the rampant barter and black market trade (where American cigarettes acted as currency), angered the Russian authorities in East Berlin, who regarded it as a threat and promptly cut off all transport (road, rail and canal) links from West Germany to West Berlin. This led to the Berlin Crisis of 1949.
Coins
The image displays the obverses of all regular coins, with the values of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00 and 5.00 DEM (there is no 0.20 coin, and originally there was no 2.00 coin either). 0.01 and 0.02 are copper-colored, 0.05 and 0.10 are brass-colored, the rest are silver-colored. The reverse displays an oak twig (0.01-0.10), a woman planting an oak seedling (0.50), the Bundesadler (German eagle; 1.00 and 5.00) and faces of the German politicians and scientists Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor), Theodor Heuss (President), Franz-Josef Strauss (Minister of Defense), Ludwig Erhard (Chancellor), Kurt Schumacher (Leader of the SPD), Willy Brandt (Chancellor) and Max Planck (Physicist) (2.00).