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.

Aliases (1)

Statements (44)
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

Referenced by (7)

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

East Germany currency East German mark
Allied Military Mark followedBy East German mark
East Berlin hasCurrency East German mark
Allied Military Mark relatedTo East German mark
Reichsmark replacedByCurrency East German mark
Pfennig subdivisionOf East German mark
this entity surface form: "East German Mark"
Pfennig usedInCurrency East German mark
this entity surface form: "East German Mark"

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