Deutsche Mark
Pre-euro German currency
The Deutsche Mark was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 and unified Germany until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.
Often called the D-Mark or DM, it became one of the world's most stable and respected currencies: The Deutsche Mark was worth about sixty cents.
Germans could exchange marks for euros until 2002, though many held onto them as keepsakes.
Restoring divided unity
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- West GermanyPostwar democratic German state
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
Wirtschaftswunder · Marshall Plan · hyperinflation · postwar · denazification · economic miracle · Bonn · Weimar Republic
Paper currency notes
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- denominationsNamed values or faiths
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- pfennigFormer German centesimal unit
coins · circulation · conversion · forex · cash · transaction · payment · withdrawal
Study of currency
- mint conditionPerfect, unused state
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
- auctionsCompetitive public sales
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
vintage · rarity · grading · preservation · cataloging · trading · heirloom · specimen
Shared continental currency
- transitionChange from one state
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- conversion rateProportion completing desired action
- European Central BankEurozone's monetary authority
monetary union · eurozone · single currency · nostalgia · phaseout · commemorative
reunification
Restoring divided unity
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- West GermanyPostwar democratic German state
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
Cold War · Wirtschaftswunder · Marshall Plan · hyperinflation · postwar · denazification · economic miracle · Bonn · Weimar Republic · Iron Curtain
banknotes
Paper currency notes
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- denominationsNamed values or faiths
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
pfennig · coins · circulation · conversion · forex · cash · transaction · payment · withdrawal · deposit
numismatics
Study of currency
- mint conditionPerfect, unused state
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
- auctionsCompetitive public sales
collectors · vintage · rarity · grading · preservation · cataloging · trading · heirloom · specimen · uncirculated
euro
Shared continental currency
- transitionChange from one state
- changeoverComplete shift between systems
- conversion rateProportion completing desired action
European Central Bank · monetary union · eurozone · single currency · nostalgia · phaseout · commemorative
- German HistoryNazi, Prussia, Saxony, Reichstag, Napoleonic Wars
- German CurrencyDeutschmark, euro, euro cent, pfennig, Reichsmark
- old coinsducat, guinea, shilling, groat, penny
- postwar GermanyWest Germany, East Germany, divided Germany, Iron Curtain, Federal Republic
- West GermanyBonn, Federal Republic, Bundestag, Bundesrat, Deutschmark
- German FinanceDeutsche Bank, Deutschmark, Reichsmark, hyperinflation, currency reform