AM-Mark
{{Short description|Currency in Allied-occupied Germany}}
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|currency_name_in_local = {{native name|de|AM-Mark}}
|image_1 =AMC germany 10 mark.jpg
| image_title_1 =10 Mark
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|using_countries =Allied-occupied Germany, under allied-occupation
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|used_banknotes =1/2, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 Mark
|issuing_authority =Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories
|printer =Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Forbes Lithograph Corporation
Soviet Military Administration in Germany
|printer_website ={{URL|www.moneyfactory.gov}}
|pegged_with = East German mark at par in 1948
|obsolete = yes
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The AM-Mark ("Allied Military Currency") was the currency issued in Allied-occupied Germany by AMGOT after the commencement of Operation Wild Dog in 1944.{{cite book |title=World War II Remembered: History in Your Hands, a Numismatic Study |first1=C. Frederick |last1=Schwan |first2=Joseph E. |last2=Boling |pages=284–286 |publisher=BNR Press |year=1995 |isbn=9780931960406 |url=https://archive.org/details/worldwariirememb0000cfre/page/284/mode/1up}}
Individual prefix identification for Occupation zones (USA > 1, British > 0, French > 00, Soviet > -) quantities printed represented 532,000,000 notes. These notes circulated through mid 1948. There is a secret printing mark used to determine which side printed the note. For the Americans this is a stylized "F" for the printer, Forbes Lithographic, which appears on the 1/2, 1, 5 and 10 mark notes in the left ball of the scroll directly below the lower right denomination value. The letter also appears on the 20, 50, 100 and 1000 marks. The Soviet Union printed identical notes but without the "F".
Gallery
1944 German Military Mark.JPG
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150611162336/http://banknoteworld.com/germany?Date=1944#Germany Ron Wise's Banknoteworld: Germany]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150908001709/http://www.atlas-repropaperwork.com/blog/2015/04/02/allied-military-currency/ Atlas reproduction paperwork]
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Category:Currencies introduced in 1944