Talk:East German mark

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The article claims: "Officially it was known as the Mark der DDR". Is this really true? I thought this was the name used in the west, whereas the official name was MDN (Mark der deutschen Notenbank). This is just my recollection from when a I made term paper on the Berlin crisis back in the mid sixties, so details might be wrong, but the currency name has certainly been used.

The official name of the Ostmark has changed a few times:

• Deutsche Mark der Deutschen Notenbank (DM) (German Mark of the German Reserve Bank): 31 October 1951 - 31 Juli 1964
• Mark der Deutschen Notenbank (MDN) (Mark of the German Reserve Bank): 1 August 1964 - 31 Dezember 1967
• Mark der DDR (M) (Mark of the GDR): 1 Januar 1968 - 30 Juni 1990 --134.2.222.43 12:14, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Mark" or "mark"

I would like to know whether which usage is more correct: "East German Mark" or "East German mark". The latter would be standard English grammar, but the former would mix German grammar with English - especially given that unlike the relatively simple "Deutsche Mark" or "German mark", the most well-known official name of the East German currency was "Mark der DDR" or, "mark of the GDR". Alr 00:27, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, that is a good point. We could move the article to Mark der DDR, because that was what it was called - as displayed on the notes and coins. East German Mark is really for the benefit of English-speaking folks. What does everyone else think?? (RM21 02:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC))

I believe it should be East German mark per Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Style, denominations shouldn't be capitalized. The move should be reverted, at least till a discussion happens. Joe I 03:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

What was concluded at Talk:German mark was that units in the article names remain lower case, while units in the articles are capitalized. I implemented the resolution long time ago, including all kinds of Thalers. Apparently, I missed this one. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 05:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Hence "German mark" - lowercase? I'm going to move it to "East German mark" unless someone can provide a convincing reason not to. It's not a German phrase.  ProhibitOnions  ^(T) 07:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

In this case, I would prefer the article remaining true to the German language name, so Mark der DDR would be the preferred title. Or, you could take into account the German article title, which is Mark (DDR) (to differentiate it from the DM, I guess, I'm not sure why it was moved there). (RM21 16:16, 8 December 2006 (UTC))

"East German mark" would be more in keeping with WP:COMMON; very few people referred to it as "Mark der DDR" in English. I'll move it to the former title and you can start discussion about the latter if you want. ProhibitOnions ^(T) 14:05, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 200 and 500 rarely used?

These two denominations were printed but were never put into circulation. They were not rarely but never used. I suppose to remove them from the currency info box.Timur lenk 08:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Right, this is probably a flaw of the infobox. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 19:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Can't you change that to 'Uncirculated'?? That is the correct status, because the notes were printed, but did not officially enter circulation, and are obviously part of the 1970s series of notes. (158.125.9.4 19:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC))

It's easier said than done. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 03:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 200 and 500 pic

ill take a new one soon, i got to figure out how to turn off the flash, can someone make a box with info for them? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sgt Simpson (talk • contribs) 05:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC).