Currency Reform of 1948

The currency reform of 1948 went into effect on June 20, 1948, in the Trizone, the three western occupation zones of Germany. From June 21, 1948, the Deutsche Mark ("DM", also "D-Mark") was the sole legal tender there. The two previously valid means of payment, the Reichsmark and the Rentenmark of equivalent value (both abbreviated as "RM"), were removed from circulation and replaced by the Deutschmark. The currency reform of 1948 is one of the most significant economic policy measures in post-war German history. It enabled the Western occupation zones to receive Marshall Plan aid and was thereby one of the prerequisites of the Economic Miracle of the 1950s.

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