Mark der DDR

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Mark was the official currency in the German Democratic Republic from 1948–1990. Over this period it had three official names:

• 1948–1964: Deutsche Mark der Deutschen Notenbank (DM)
• 1964–1967: Mark der Deutschen Notenbank (MDN)
• 1967–1990: Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (M)

Contents 1 Banknotes 1.1 1948 – provisorial stamps added 1.2 1948 – first issue 1.3 1955 – second issue 1.4 1964 – third issue 1.5 1971/1974 – fourth issue 1.6 1985 – not issued 2 Coins 2.1 1948–1950 – first issue 2.2 1952–1953 – second issue 2.3 1956/…–1990 – third issue 2.4 Commemorative coins

[edit] Banknotes

[edit] 1948 – provisorial stamps added

5 Reichsmark with stamp

[edit] 1948 – first issue

50 Pfennig	50 Pfennig (back)	1 DM	1 DM (back)
2 DM	2 DM (back)	5 DM	5 DM (back)
10 DM	10 DM (back)	20 DM	20 DM (back)
50 DM	50 DM (back)	100 DM	100 DM (back)

[edit] 1955 – second issue

5 DM	5 DM (back)	10 DM	10 DM (back)
20 DM	20 DM (back)	50 DM	50 DM (back)
100 DM	100 DM (back)

[edit] 1964 – third issue

5 MDN Alexander von Humboldt	10 MDN Friedrich Schiller	10 MDN (back)	20 MDN Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
20 MDN (back)	100 MDN Karl Marx	100 MDN (back)

[edit] 1971/1974 – fourth issue

These images depict the series of notes issued in the 1970s and 1980s.

5 M Thomas Müntzer	10 M Clara Zetkin	10 Mark der DDR (Vorder- und Rückseite)	20 M Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
20 Mark der DDR (Vorder- und Rückseite)	50 M Friedrich Engels	100 M Karl Marx

[edit] 1985 – not issued

The 200 and 500 Mark notes were never issued by the DDR government, but became available after the currency ceased to circulate in 1990.

200 DDM (front)

200 DDM (back)

500 DDM (front)

500 DDM (back)

[edit] Coins

[edit] 1948–1950 – first issue

The coins of the first issue showed a gearwheal and a spike on their back side.

1 Pfennig, 1949

5 Pfennig, 1949

[edit] 1952–1953 – second issue

The second issue showed the state seal on their back, but had the same front side as the first series.

|10 Pfennig, 1950

1504-ddr-1950a-b-vzplus.jpg 50 Pfennig, 1950

[edit] 1956/…–1990 – third issue

The third issue was redesigned. New coins were gradually produced, starting 1956. In 1972 on the 1 and 2 Mark coins “Deutsche Mark” was replaced by “Mark”. All back sides show the state seal.

1 Pfennig, 1978	5 Pfennig, 1978	10 Pfennig, 1978	20 Pfennig, 1969
50 Pfennig, 1982	1 Deutsche Mark, 1963	2 Deutsche Mark, 1957	1 Mark, 1975
2 Mark, 1975	Kleingeld der DDR (Münzgeld gemischt)

[edit] Commemorative coins

5 Mark, 1969

10 Mark, 1986

Gedenkmünzen 30 und 40 Jahre DDR

20 Mark der DDR - Gedenkmünzen von Wilhelm Pieck & Otto Grotewohl