German mark (1871)
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The German mark was the currency of the German Empire, which spanned from 1871 to 1918. The mark was paired with the pfennig as its minor unit; 100 pfennigs were equivalent to 1 mark. The mark was on
Ein Tausend Mark 21 04 1910 1
1 Mark 1905 Front
German 5-mark Art Nouveau banknote from 1904, designed by Alexander Zick
Gold mark coins (1⁄2, 1, 5 and 20 mark)
Reichsbank
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The Reichsbank was the central bank of the German Empire from 1876 until the end of Nazi Germany in 1945.
German mark (1871)
…Adolph Friedrich V; just 1,160 pieces were issued by the Berlin Mint. Banknotes were issued by the Imperial Treasury as "Reichskassenscheine" and by the Reichsbank, as well as by the banks of some of the states. Imperial Treasury notes were issued in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 Mark, whilst Reichsbank notes…
Reichsbank head office at Jägerstraße in Berlin, photographed in 1933
A 100-Goldmark banknote issued by the German Reichsbank in 1908
A 10000 Mark banknote issued by the German Reichsbank in 1922
As Minister of Economics, Walther Funk accelerated the pace of rearmament and, as Reichsbank president, banked the confiscated gold rings of Buchenwald prisoners for the SS