Modern Usage
"Mark" can refer to the following currencies:
- In Germany:
- 1619–1873 Mark Banco of Hamburg
- 1873–1914 German Goldmark, the currency of the German Empire
- 1914–1923 German Papiermark
- 1923–1948 German Rentenmark
- 1924–1948 German Reichsmark
- 1944–1948 military mark of the occupational forces
- June – November 1947 Saar Mark
- 1948–1990 East German Mark or Ostmark, the currency first in the Soviet zone of occupation and later in the German Democratic Republic and in Berlin (East)
- 1948–1999/2001 German Mark or Deutsche Mark (D-Mark, DM), the currency in the western zones of occupation and the later Federal Republic of Germany as well as in Berlin (West)
- In other countries:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia from 1918 to 1927.
- Finnish mark or markka, the currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001.
- New Guinean mark, the historic currency that was replaced in 1915 by the Australian pound
- Polish marka.
- South West African mark, the historic currency that replaced the German South West African mark in South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1916 until 1918
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