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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Man…I’m way out of here with my understanding of German currency. I thought the German mark was the currency they introduced after WWI when they started just printing money to pay back the allies.

Then I thought they abandoned it in favor of the euro which came after WWII.

My timeline/understanding is way off

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Davel23@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, it did come after WWII. 54 years after.

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- basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I also came after WWII
  
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Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The german currency after WWI was just called Mark, then after the hyperinflation it was replaced by the Reichsmark. After WWII came the Deutsche Mark. After the cold war the Euro.

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- Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So there was a two year period where Germany had two currencys? The Deutsche Mark and the Euro from 1999-2001?
  
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  - Peter1986C@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You might be from outside of the Eurozone, and/or very young (I mean this in a respectful way). The European Central Bank et al. decided to have a transitional period in the participating countries.
    
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  - Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And a period basically without official currency, where people used money minted by pension funds interestingly
    
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