Mark (money)

Mark is the name of various currencies. The name derives from the old, original Germanic unit of weight marrow.

In Germany

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On the territory of the present Federal Republic of Germany, there were various currencies named Mark.

• Sundische Mark ( Stralsund and Pomerania, from 1319 )
• Mark Stendal, Stendal also ( Stendalisches ) Silver ( Stendal )
• Courant Mark (Northern Germany from 1502 see Wendischer coinage )
• Mark Lubeck (ditto)
• Mark Banco (Book Currency in Hamburg, 17th - 19th century)
• Danish cord ( in the 17th century Danish ruled parts of Schleswig-Holstein )
• Silver marks (eg Hamburg in 1550, 1 Mark = 48 Witten or later 16 shillings )

After the founding of the German Empire in 1871:

• Mark ( " Goldmark "; German Empire, 1871-1915/1938 )
• Paper mark ( German Empire from 1919 to 1923 )
• Rentenmark ( German Empire 1923-1924/1948 )
• Reichsmark ( German Empire 1924-1948/1948 )

After the end of World War II:

• Saar- Mark, Saarland (1947 )
• German Mark ( trizone 1948/49, Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 2001, 1948 " Bank German countries " from 1957 " German Bundesbank " )
• German Mark ( Soviet Occupation Zone 1948/49, German Democratic Republic GDR 1949-1963 )
• Mark of the German central bank (the GDR, 1964-1974, " German central bank " )
• Mark of the GDR ( German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic from 1974 to 1990, " State Bank of the GDR" )

In England and Scotland

In England and Scotland the Mark was introduced under Alfred the Great, where she served as a mere computational currency and never coins were minted.

Other

• Finnish Mark (Finland 1864-2001 )
• Mark Estonian (Estonia 1918-1927 )
• Mark Polish (Poland 1918-1926 )
• Convertible Mark (Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998 -present)
• Danish Marck ( Marck Danske, Denmark, early modern times )