Estonian interwar currency — mark and kroon
Estonian interwar currency: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Prussian thaler
Its place in the family
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Estonian interwar currency
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Estonian interwar currency
German mark
Other founding predecessors: South German florin (Documented). Explore every incoming path →
2 later contributions joined this currency. See those connections →
Prussian thaler
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The kroon replaced 100 Estonian marks. [1]
Estonia introduced Soviet rubles at 1.25 rubles per kroon. Kroons temporarily co-circulated; the displayed ratio is kroons per ruble. [2]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
Official bank dates the establishment decision30 November 1918; explicit obligation substitution is documented2 May 1919. Keep separate decision and operational anchors. [3]
Unit standard adoption
The Estonian mark was initially defined at parity with the ostmark. Initial standard, not proof of exclusive replacement of every circulating currency. [4]
Withdrawal
Estonian kroons lost validity under Soviet occupation. [5]
Sources and evidence
- Eesti Pank Museum · History of Estonian money C819 ↗
- Eesti Pank · History of Eesti Pank C820 ↗
- Eesti Pank Museum · History of Estonian money; Estonian Provisional Government; transcription collected by Pekka Linnainen · Ajutise Walitsuse poolt2.mail 1919.a.wastuwõetud määrus wäljamaa rahade asjus C1528 ↗
- Eesti Pank Museum · History of Estonian money C818 ↗
- Eesti Pank Museum · History of Estonian money C821 ↗
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“Estonian interwar currency — mark and kroon.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000878.html