
Sujet
Introduction of the Deutsche Mark in the GDR
Légende
After having queued up at a bank in Leipzig for a long time, this young man is happy about his Deutsche Mark bank notes on 01 July 1990. The monetary union which was executed on 01 July 1990 was a decisive step on the way to a reunion of the two German states. On the first day of the economic, monetary and social union, there was quite a rush on the new money; some 2.6 billion Deutsche Mark were paid out to GDR citizens in the first hours.
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Verwendung weltweit, usage worldwide
Date
01 juil. 1990
Crédit
Photo12/dpa-pa
Notre référence
DPA13A03_145
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
15,4Mo (979,2Ko) / 23,8cm x 16,2cm / 2807 x 1918 (300dpi)