East German mark
The East German mark was the official currency of East Germany from 1948 until 1990 when it was replaced by the Deutsche Mark.
Mark of the German Democratic Republic | |||||
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Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (German) | |||||
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ISO 4217 Code | DDM | ||||
User(s) | |||||
Pegged with | Deutsche Mark = (1 DM – 1 M)[1] | ||||
Subunit | |||||
1/100 | Pfennig | ||||
Symbol | M | ||||
Pfennig | pf | ||||
Nickname | alu-chips | ||||
Plural | Mark | ||||
Pfennig | Pfennig | ||||
Coins | |||||
Freq. used | 1 pf, 5 pf, 10 pf, 20 pf, 50 pf, 1 M, 2 M, 5 M | ||||
Rarely used | 10 M, 20 M | ||||
Banknotes | 5 M, 10 M, 20 M, 50 M, 100 M | ||||
Central bank | Staatsbank der DDR | ||||
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. | |||||
^ the East German Mark was officially a nonconvertible domestic currency. |
East German Mark Media
M 10 coin issued in 1986 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Ernst Thälmann