East German mark

Mark of the German Democratic Republic

Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik  (German)
1 Mark coin 1 Mark banknote with an adhesive stamp on a 1 Rentenmark banknote, issued in 1948
ISO 4217
Code	DDM
Unit
Plural	Mark
Symbol	M‎
Nickname	alu-chips
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	Pfennig
Plural
Pfennig	Pfennig
Symbol
Pfennig	pf
Banknotes	5 M, 10 M, 20 M, 50 M, 100 M
Coins
Freq. used	1 pf, 5 pf, 10 pf, 20 pf, 50 pf, 1 M, 2 M, 5 M
Rarely used	10 M, 20 M
Demographics
User(s)	Soviet occupation zone German Democratic Republic
Issuance
Central bank	Staatsbank der DDR
Valuation
Pegged with	Deutsche Mark = (1 DM – 1 M)
^ the East German Mark was officially a nonconvertible domestic currency.

The East German mark was the official currency of East Germany from 1948 until 1990 when it was replaced by the Deutsche Mark.

Other websites

• Banknotes of the German Democratic Republic