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  World Paper Money Catalog and History

German Democratic Republic banknotes
East Germany paper money catalog and East 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
  • East German Mark = 100 Pfennig, 1948-1990
  • German Mark = (East German Mark) = 100 Pfennig, 1948-2002
  • Euro = (1.96 German Mark) = 100 Cents, from 2002

• For earlier issues see:
  • Germany, till 1948
• For later issues see:
  • German Federal Republic, from 1990

• To purchase East German banknotes, please check our inventory : [ Germany ] or
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Pick #	Date
		Republic 1948-1990 (united with German Federal Republic in 1990)
1-7	(1948)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 20, 50, 100 mark
8-16	1948	50 Pfennig, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1.000 mark
17-21	1955	5, 10, 20, 50, 100 mark
22-26	1964	5, 10, 20, 20, 50, 100 mark
27-33	1971-85	5, 10, 20, 20, 50, 100 mark; unissued: 200, 500 mark
CS1	1985	20 mark; unissued

		Foreign Exchange Certificates
FX1-7	1979	50 Pfennig, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 mark