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German mark
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
6 ancestors9 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1350–1386
Florentine gold-florin reckoningDocumented · Evidence periodMultiple connections
Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning2 connections · Includes qualified linksPredecessor1667–1750
Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1535
Austrian guldenQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1873
South German guldenDocumentedPredecessor1873
Brandenburg-Prussian thalerDocumentedThis currency
German markDates, conversion terms and evidence 7 connections
Brandenburg-Prussian thaler German mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗South German gulden German mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Florentine gold-florin reckoning Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning
Evidence period: 1350–1386DocumentedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning
Evidence period: 1500–1566QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning Brandenburg-Prussian thaler
Evidence period: 1667–1750QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning Austrian gulden
Evidence period: 1486–1535QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austrian gulden South German gulden
Evidence period: 1535QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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7 direct successors or branches connected to this currency.
This currency
German markSuccessor or branch
Lithuanian litasSuccessor or branch
Austrian schilling1945Documented1 German mark = 1 Austrian schilling
Successor or branch
Deutsche MarkShow 4 more successors
Successor or branch
East German markSuccessor or branch
Danzig guldenLater absorption
Polish mark1919–1920DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Successor or branch
Estonian interwar currencyKeep going forwardExplore all 9 descendants +
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German markSuccessor or branch1919
Estonian interwar currencyDocumentedLater absorption1919–1920
Polish markDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1922
Lithuanian litasDocumentedSuccessor or branch1923
Danzig guldenDocumentedLater absorption1924
Polish złotyDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1945
Austrian schillingDocumentedSuccessor or branch1948
Deutsche MarkDocumentedSuccessor or branch1948
East German markDocumentedMultiple connectionsEUR
Euro2 connectionsDates, conversion terms and evidence 10 connections
Austrian schilling Euro
1999Documented13.7603 Austrian schilling = 1 EURPublished ATS units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Deutsche Mark Euro
1999Documented1.95583 Deutsche Mark = 1 EURPublished DEM units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Lithuanian litas
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Austrian schilling
1945Documented1 German mark = 1 Austrian schillingPostwar Austrian schillings replaced Reichsmarks at 1:1 under restricted exchange rules. One of two incoming monetary instruments; no exclusive single parent assigned.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Deutsche Mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark East German mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Polish mark Polish złoty
1924DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Danzig gulden
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Polish mark
1919–1920DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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