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  World Paper Money Catalog and History

German Federal Republic banknotes
West Germany paper money catalog and West German currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • German Thaler, Gulden and Schilling, till 1871
  • Mark = 100 Pfennig, 1871-1923
  • Gold-, Reichs-, Renten-, Mark = (1,000,000,000,000 old Mark) = 100 Pfennig, 1923-1948
  • German Allied Mark (AMC) = 100 Pfennig, 1945-1948
  • German Mark = (10-1.000 old Reichsmark) = 100 Pfennig, 1948-2002
  • Euro = (1.96 German Mark) = 100 Cents, from 2002

• For earlier issues see:
  • Germany, till 1948
• For German Democratic Republic banknotes, see:
  • German Democratic Republic, 1948-1990
• From 2002 European Union banknotes are used, see:
  • European Union

• To purchase West German banknotes, please check our inventory : [ Germany ] or
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Republic (united with German Democratic Republic in 1990)
1-8	1948	1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 mark
9-10	(1948)	20, 50 mark
11-12	(1948)	5, 10 pfennig
13-5	1948	5, 50, 100 mark
16-7	1949	10, 20 mark
18-24	1960	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 mark
25-9	(196-)	5, 10, 50 pfennig, 1, 2, 5 mark; unissued
30-6	1970-80	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 mark
37-44	1989-93	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 mark
45-7	1996	50, 100, 200 mark