East German mark
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The East German mark, commonly called the eastern mark in West Germany and after reunification, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic. Its ISO 4217 currency code was DDM. The currency was
M1 coin
Unloading sacks of coins from the Staatsbank for destruction, 1990
DM 1 (1948)
DM 1 from the 1948 Eastern series
East Germany
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East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic, was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, i
East German mark
…mark (German: Mark der DDR ), commonly called the eastern mark (German: Ostmark ) in West Germany and after reunification, was the currency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Its ISO 4217 currency code was DDM. The currency was known officially as the Deutsche Mark from 1948 to 1964, Mark der Deutschen Notenbank…
GDR leaders: President Wilhelm Pieck and Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl, 1949
SED First Secretary, Walter Ulbricht, 1960
Erich Honecker, head of state (1971–1989)
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) Helmut Schmidt, Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Erich Honecker, U.S. president Gerald Ford and Austrian chancellor Bruno Kreisky signing the Helsinki Act