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The First 1948 Deutsche Mark (East)

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Original – One Deutsche Mark (1948), post WWII Soviet occupied German Democratic Republic (East Germany). An emergency issue in circulation less than six weeks (early June to late July, 1948), Rentenmark notes from 1937 were validated as legal currency with the application of a blue stamp. (Yellow tinting on the right face is a security feature.

Reason

High quality image, high EV. Paired with the following note, these two 1948 Deutsche Mark notes represent the first issue of paper currency circulated in the German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany (formerly East and West Germany, respectively).

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East German mark

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

Weimar Republic (base note).
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 06:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Extremely useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:30, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support – High EV. I didn't know such expedients as the stamped old Rentenmark existed – nor that the Rentenmark, first issued in 1923 to replace the hyperinflated Reichsmark, continued after the Nazis seized power in '33 – alongside a resurrected Reichsmark. Sca (talk) 14:11, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Very nice.Jobas (talk) 19:35, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:28, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:GDR-1-Soviet Germany-1 Deutsche Mark (1948).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:15, 14 February 2015 (UTC)