Mark der DDR
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 Staatsbank der DDR (M)
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Banknotes [edit]
1948 – provisorial stamps added [edit]
1948 – first issue [edit]
1955 – second issue [edit]
1964 – third issue [edit]
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5 MDN Alexander von Humboldt
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10 MDN Friedrich Schiller
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20 MDN Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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100 MDN Karl Marx
1971/1974 – fourth issue [edit]
These images depict the series of notes issued in the 1970s and 1980s.
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5 M Thomas Müntzer
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10 M Clara Zetkin
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50 M Friedrich Engels
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100 M Karl Marx
1985 – not issued [edit]
The 200 and 500 Mark notes were never issued by the DDR government, but became available after the currency ceased to circulate in 1990.
Coins [edit]
1948–1950 – first issue [edit]
The coins of the first issue showed a gearwheal and a spike on their back side.
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1 Pfennig, 1949
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1952–1953 – second issue [edit]
The second issue showed the state seal on their back, but had the same front side as the first series.
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|10 Pfennig, 1950
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50 Pfennig, 1950
1956/…–1990 – third issue [edit]
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.