East German mark
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The East German mark was the official currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Cold War, used from its establishment in 1948/49 until German reunification in 1990.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
→
former currency → |
| alsoKnownAs | Ostmark → |
| blackMarketExchangeRateTo | Deutsche Mark → |
| category |
Currencies of former states
→
East Germany →
surface form: "Economy of East Germany"
|
| convertibility | not freely convertible on world markets → |
| country |
East Germany
→
surface form: "German Democratic Republic"
|
| denominationType |
banknote
→
coin → |
| economyTypeContext | planned economy → |
| endUse | 1990 → |
| endUseEvent |
unified Germany
→
surface form: "German reunification"
|
| exchangeRateRegime | non-convertible currency → |
| fixedOfficialExchangeRateTo | Deutsche Mark → |
| introducedInContext |
East Germany
→
surface form: "Soviet occupation zone of Germany"
|
| ISO4217Code | DDM → |
| issuingAuthority | Staatsbank der DDR → |
| languageOnCurrency | German → |
| legalTenderIn |
East Germany
→
surface form: "German Democratic Republic"
|
| monetaryAuthority | Staatsbank der DDR → |
| monetaryUnionEvent | German Economic, Monetary and Social Union (1990) → |
| period | Cold War → |
| precededBy | Reichsmark in East Germany → |
| region | Eastern Bloc → |
| replacedByCurrency |
Deutsche Mark
→
Euro →
surface form: "euro"
|
| replacedCurrency |
Reichsmark
→
Soviet occupation mark → |
| shortName |
Mark
→
Mark der DDR → |
| startUse |
1948
→
1949 → |
| status | obsolete → |
| subunit | pfennig → |
| subunitToUnit | 100 pfennig → |
| succeededBy |
Deutsche Mark
→
surface form: "Deutsche Mark in East Germany"
euro in unified Germany → |
| symbol | M → |
| timeInForce | approximately 1948 to 1990 → |
| usedFor | domestic transactions in East Germany → |
| usedIn |
East Germany
→
East Germany →
surface form: "German Democratic Republic"
|
| usedUntilEvent | German reunification in 1990 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "East German Mark"
this entity surface form: "East German Mark"