Talk:German Reichsmark

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No, even though it was used during the National Socialist (Nazi) period, it's use preceded Hitler and survived him until 1948. The reason it was replaced in a currency reform was to stabalize the (West) German economy as the Soviets had printing plates for the Reichmark as well as the Allied forces. The Russians printed as many Reichmarks as they needed without regard of the post war German economy. The three Allied occupiers of the west German occupation zones wanted to stabalize the economy and thus started issuing the new currency named the "Deutschemark" --81.159.178.193 15:49, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

should something be in here about hitler? maybe that's why it's not used anymore

(One US trillion to one, or one European billion to one). What does this mean, I thought in english its 1 billion and german Milliarden as 1 million in german is millionen. Enlil Ninlil 09:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps Hitler was not the primary factor reichsmark was repalced. Reichsmark existed long before Hitler came to power, and the reason for replacement is written at [1] and [2]. 1012 is written "trillion" in modern English (both American and British), a.k.a the short scale, while the same number is written as derivatives of "billion" in other European languages, a.k.a. the long scale. --Chochopk 10:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] War period

What replaced the 1 and 2 RM coins between 1940-45?, was it the 1 and 2 renenmark notes or another! And in 1945 was the 50 reichspfennig withdrawn and replaced with banknotesnotes. Also was there a lower denominations than 50 rpf in occupied Russia and the baltic states? Enlil Ninlil 05:28, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] English translation

I believe Reichsmark should be translated as Imperial Mark, and not Realm Mark, although Reich can mean realm, it can also, and in this case I believe it does, mean Empire. I wanted to post this here before actually changing it myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.65.211 (talk) 09:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I dont believe so, as the currency name itself was the Reichsmark and not Reichs Mark, As is the case with the Angolan Novokwanza. Enlil Ninlil 09:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Reich does not mean Empire, as is clear from the fact that the Reichsmark was introduced during the Weimar Republic, which continued to use the name "Deutsches Reich" for the country. Empire is Kaiserreich.
Dove1950 15:12, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
This is the very first time I've ever seen anyone display an itch to translate the term Reichsmark, and not surprisingly the outcome is a dog's dinner. There are many currencies that, by hook or by crook, could be translated, but people generally have the sense not even to try. Norvo 01:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)