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Deutsche Mark
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9 ancestors1 descendantEstablished connections in this atlas
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Later contribution1873
Hamburg mark bancoDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1892
Austrian guldenDocumentedPredecessor1873
Prussian thalerDocumentedPredecessor1873
South German florinDocumentedPredecessor1919
Austro-Hungarian kroneDocumentedPredecessor1925
Austrian kroneDocumentedLater contribution1938
Austrian schillingDocumented · Later contributionMultiple connections
German mark2 connectionsLater contribution1990
East German markDocumented · Later contributionThis currency
Deutsche MarkDates, conversion terms and evidence 10 connections
Austrian gulden Austro-Hungarian krone
1892Documented0.5 Austrian gulden = 1 Austro-Hungarian kroneThe krone replaced the gulden at two kronen per gulden. Gulden notes continued through the transition to 1900.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austro-Hungarian krone Austrian krone
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austrian krone Austrian schilling
1925Documented10000 Austrian krone = 1 Austrian schillingThe schilling replaced the Austrian crown at 10,000 crowns per schilling. Year-level date distinguishes the accounting law from the March cash milestones.
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1938DocumentedLater contribution or absorption1.5 Austrian schilling = 1 German markAustria adopted the Reichsmark at 1.5 schillings per Reichsmark.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Prussian thaler German mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗South German florin German mark
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East German mark Deutsche Mark
1990DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hamburg mark banco German mark
1873DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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Deutsche MarkSuccessor or branchEUR
Euro1999Documented1.95583 Deutsche Mark = 1 EUR
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Deutsche MarkSuccessor or branch1999
EuroDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 1 connection
Deutsche Mark Euro
1999Documented1.95583 Deutsche Mark = 1 EURPublished DEM units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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