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East German mark — 1948 currency and later names

The eastern currency became Mark der Deutschen Notenbank.1

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The eastern currency became Mark der Deutschen Notenbank.1

The eastern currency became Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.2

East Germany adopted Deutsche Mark; wages and savings followed different conversion rules. No blanket 1:1 or 2:1 valuation.3

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German mark → East German mark

Documented territorial currency separation · 1948

June24,1948 eastern monetary reform converted Reichsmark-system balances under differentiated statutory ratios.45

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The eastern currency became Mark der Deutschen Notenbank.1

The eastern currency became Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.2

East Germany adopted Deutsche Mark; wages and savings followed different conversion rules. No blanket 1:1 or 2:1 valuation.3

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This conversion belongs to the history of the retiring unit. It does not make that unit an ancestor of the currency adopted.

Source notes

  1. Deutsche Bundesbank · The circulation of Deutsche Mark — from currency reform to European monetary union, March 2002

    Printed pp. 19–21; especially footnotes 5–6 on p. 20

  2. Deutsche Bundesbank · The circulation of Deutsche Mark — from currency reform to European monetary union, March 2002

    Printed pp. 19–21; especially footnotes 5–6 on p. 20

  3. Deutsche Bundesbank · Dates of German monetary policy — detailed version

    June 21, 1948 and July 1, 1990 entries

  4. Deutsche Bundesbank · The circulation of Deutsche Mark — from currency reform to European monetary union, March 2002

    Printed pp. 19–21; especially footnotes 5–6 on p. 20

  5. Soviet Military Administration in Germany · SMAD Order111/1948, June23,1948

    Sections 1,4–9; ZVOBlNr20 June28,1948 p 217

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“East German mark — 1948 currency and later names.” The Family Tree of Money. Field Technologies, Inc. Data v49; accessed 14 October 2026.

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