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The first banknote of the East German Mark (1948), was a 1937 Rentenmark with a validation coupon stamp affixed. 30 Januar 1937 – Banknotes of 1 and 2 Rentenmark, serial number with 8 digits The first issue of banknotes was dated 1 November 1923 and was in denominations of RM 1, RM 2, RM 5, RM 10, RM 50, RM 100, RM 500 and RM 1000.
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The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
The Locarno Treaties were seven post-World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in late 1925. In the main treaty, the five western European nations pledged to guarantee the inviolability of the borders between Germany and France and Germany and Belgium as defined in the Treaty of Versailles.
On 16 November 1923, the new Rentenmark was introduced to replace the worthless paper marks issued by the Reichsbank. Twelve zeros were cut from prices, and the prices quoted in the new currency remained stable. [24] When the president of the Reichsbank, Rudolf Havenstein, died on 20 November 1923, Schacht was appointed to replace him.
Rentenmark Reason: hyperinflation Ratio: 1 Rentenmark = 1,000,000,000,000 Papiermark, and 4.2 Rentenmark = US$1: Currency of Germany (Weimar Republic borders) 1924 – 1948 Note: In parallel with Rentenmark: Succeeded by: East German Mark Reason: reaction to the changeover in Trizone (later West Germany and West Berlin)
Reichsmark, Rentenmark, AM-Mark Reason: intended to protect West Germany from the second wave of hyperinflation and stop the rampant barter and black market trade Ratio: 1 DM = 1 RM (either) below 600 RM 1 DM = 10 RM above 600 RM and each person received 40 DM: Currency of West Germany (incl. West Berlin) 21 (24 W-Berlin) June 1948 – 30 June 1990
In 1924 the Reichsbank stopped providing unrestricted credit against worthless financial bills, and pegged its new currency, the Reichsmark, to the stable Rentenmark. The Reichsbank rationed its lending, so that the Reichsmark remained at par with the stable Rentenmark. The currencies continued to exist in parallel, and were both abbreviated RM.