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)
Banknotes[edit]
1948 – provisorial stamps added[edit]
5 Reichsmark with stamp
1948 – first issue[edit]
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)
1955 – second issue[edit]
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)
1964 – third issue[edit]
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)
1971/1974 – fourth issue[edit]
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 Mark der DDR (Vorder- und Rückseite)
50 M Friedrich Engels
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.
200 DDM (front)
200 DDM (back)
500 DDM (front)
500 DDM (back)
Coins[edit]
1948–1950 – first issue[edit]
The coins of the first issue showed a gearwheal and a spike on their back side.
1 Pfennig, 1949
5 Pfennig, 1949
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.
10 Pfennig, 1950
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.
1 Pfennig, 1979
5 Pfennig, 1978
10 Pfennig, 1978
20 Pfennig, 1969
50 Pfennig, 1982
1 Deutsche Mark, 1956
2 Deutsche Mark, 1957
1 Mark, 1979
2 Mark, 1979
Kleingeld der DDR (Münzgeld gemischt)
Commemorative coins[edit]
5 Mark, 1969
10 Mark, 1986
Gedenkmünzen 30 und 40 Jahre DDR
20 Mark der DDR - Gedenkmünzen von Wilhelm Pieck & Otto Grotewohl
