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Definition of German monetary unit

1. Noun. Monetary unit in Germany.

Lexicographical Neighbors of German Monetary Unit

Literary usage of German monetary unit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foreign Exchange: Theory and Practice by Thomas York (1920)
"Exchange on Berlin, Hamburg, and other German centers is usually called "mark exchange," after the name of the German monetary unit. ..."

2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"... or even i = IS'7S- (')• Of patting the German monetary unit into harmony with the units of other countries, either by adopting the franc system, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... Ida Laura Reyer, PFENNIG, a German monetary unit, equal to one-hundredth part of a mark. There are bronze coins of the value of one pfennig and two ..."

4. Correspondence, Karl Ernst Von Baer (1792-1876), Anton Dohrn (1840-1909) by Karl Ernst von Baer, Anton Dohrn, Christiane Groeben (1993)
"The sign for the German monetary unit "Thaler," often used by Dohrn, is spelled out as [Taler] or, in the German letters, as [Thaler]. ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Pfen'nig, a German monetary unit, equal to one-hundredth part of a mark. There are bronze coins of the value of I pfennig and 2 pfennige, ..."

6. Currency and Credit by Ralph George Hawtrey (1919)
"At first the change of standard did not appreciably affect the value of the German monetary unit. ..."

7. Money and Investments; a Reference Book for the Use of Those Desiring by Montgomery Rollins (1907)
"The German monetary unit of value, equal to $.238 United States money; also a Finnish coin equivalent to $.193 our money. On the New York stock exchange ..."

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