Definition

• The unit of the currency of Germany. It was introduced as a silver coin pursuant to an ordinance of December 4, 1571, and divided into one hundred Pfennige.

  There are multiples of two, three, and five Marks in silver, the Latter denominations being now abolished. In gold there are multiples of five, ten, and twenty Marks.

  The ten Mark piece was originally called a Krone, and the silver coin of three Marks replaced the Thaler.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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