Rentenmark

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The Rentenmark was a temporary German currency introduced in 1923 to halt hyperinflation and stabilize the economy during the Weimar Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
historical currency
backedBy agricultural land
industrial assets
mortgage bonds
circulatedUntil 1938
coexistedWithCurrency Reichsmark
country Germany
createdTo halt hyperinflation
restore confidence in German currency
stabilize the German economy
currencyCodeHistorical none
denominationSystem decimal
exchangeParity 1 Rentenmark = 1 gold mark
exchangeRateToPapiermark 1 Rentenmark = 1,000,000,000,000 Papiermark
faceValueRange 1 to 1000 Rentenmark banknotes
historicalSignificance ended German hyperinflation
restored monetary stability in Weimar Germany
introducedBy German government
Reichsregierung
Weimar Republic government
introducedDuring Ruhr occupation
post–World War I economic crisis in Germany
introducedInYear 1923
introducedOnDate 1923-11-15
introducedUnderChancellor Gustav Stresemann
Wilhelm Marx
introducedUnderPresident Friedrich Ebert
issuer Deutsche Rentenbank
legalTenderStatus limited legal tender
monetaryPolicyFeature no gold convertibility
strict limitation of note issuance
monetaryReformContext German hyperinflation of 1921–1923
Weimar Republic stabilization policy
notBackedBy gold reserves
peggedTo gold mark (not convertible)
periodOfUse 1923–1924
reformName Rentenmark reform of 1923
region German Reich
replacedCurrency Papiermark
status obsolete
subunit Rentenpfennig
subunitRatio 1 Rentenmark = 100 Rentenpfennig
succeededByCurrency Reichsmark
type paper money
usedFor domestic transactions in Germany
usedIn Weimar Republic

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