DEM

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DEM is the former official currency code for the Deutsche Mark, which was Germany’s national currency before the adoption of the euro.

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Label Occurrences
DEM canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 4217 currency code
currency code
associatedWith European Monetary System
German economic stability
category currencies of Germany
former currencies of Europe
centralBank Deutsche Bundesbank
country Germany
currencySymbol DM
currencyType national currency code
denominationSystem decimal
euroChangeoverCashDate 2002-01-01
euroChangeoverNonCashDate 1999-01-01
historicalEra post–World War II Europe
historicalStatus obsolete
introducedAsISOCode 1960s
ISO4217AlphaCode DEM
ISOStandard ISO 4217
language German
linkedTo German reunification
introduction of the euro
monetaryAuthority Deutsche Bundesbank
notLegalTenderAfter 2002-03-01
numericCode 276
officialName Deutsche Mark
peggedTo European Currency Unit
precededBy Allied Military Mark
Reichsmark
region Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
replacedBy Euro
surface form: EUR
represents Deutsche Mark
scope Germany before euro adoption
status former currency code
subunitName Pfennig
subunitToUnit 100
successorCurrency Euro
usedFor German national currency
usedIn West Germany
foreign exchange markets
international trade invoices
unified Germany
surface form: reunified Germany
usedInType fiat money system
usedUntil 2002

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DM ISO4217Code DEM
subject surface form: Deutsche Mark