Mark der DDR
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Mark der DDR was the official currency of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until reunification in 1990.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark der DDR canonical | 4 |
| Mark der DDR (M) | 1 |
| Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2170283 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark der DDR Context triple: [East German mark, shortName, Mark der DDR]
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A.
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht was a German communist politician who served as the de facto leader of East Germany during its formative decades, overseeing the establishment of a socialist state and the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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B.
Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker was a German communist politician who led East Germany as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and head of state during much of the Cold War until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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C.
Egon Krenz
Egon Krenz is a German former communist politician best known as the last leader of East Germany, overseeing the final weeks of the GDR during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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D.
Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician and longtime leader of the Communist Party of Germany who became a prominent anti-fascist figure and was executed by the Nazis in 1944.
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E.
Hans Modrow
Hans Modrow was an East German reformist politician who served as the last communist prime minister of the GDR, overseeing key transition steps during the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark der DDR Target entity description: Mark der DDR was the official currency of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until reunification in 1990.
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A.
Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht was a German communist politician who served as the de facto leader of East Germany during its formative decades, overseeing the establishment of a socialist state and the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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B.
Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker was a German communist politician who led East Germany as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and head of state during much of the Cold War until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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C.
Egon Krenz
Egon Krenz is a German former communist politician best known as the last leader of East Germany, overseeing the final weeks of the GDR during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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D.
Ernst Thälmann
Ernst Thälmann was a German communist politician and longtime leader of the Communist Party of Germany who became a prominent anti-fascist figure and was executed by the Nazis in 1944.
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E.
Hans Modrow
Hans Modrow was an East German reformist politician who served as the last communist prime minister of the GDR, overseeing key transition steps during the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
former currency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
East German mark
ⓘ
Mark der DDR (M) ⓘ
linked to:
Mark der DDR
|
| banknoteDenominations |
10 Mark
ⓘ
100 Mark ⓘ 20 Mark ⓘ 5 Mark ⓘ 50 Mark ⓘ |
| blackMarketRate | significantly weaker than official rate ⓘ |
| centralBank | Staatsbank der DDR ⓘ |
| coinDenominations |
1 Mark
ⓘ
1 Pfennig ⓘ 10 Pfennig ⓘ 2 Mark ⓘ 2 Pfennig ⓘ 20 Pfennig ⓘ 5 Mark ⓘ 5 Pfennig ⓘ 50 Pfennig ⓘ |
| convertibility | non-convertible on world markets ⓘ |
| country |
German Democratic Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
East Germany
|
| currencyCode | DDM ⓘ |
| endUse | 1990 ⓘ |
| endUseEvent |
German reunification
ⓘ
linked to:
unified Germany
|
| exchangeControl | strict ⓘ |
| hadSpecialShopSystem |
Exquisit and Delikat stores
ⓘ
Intershop ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Cold War ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Staatsbank der DDR ⓘ |
| legalTender | yes ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | socialist planned economy ⓘ |
| officialName |
Mark der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
ⓘ
linked to:
Mark der DDR
|
| peggedTo |
Deutsche Mark (official, administratively set rates)
ⓘ
linked to:
Deutsche Mark
|
| region | Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Deutsche Mark
ⓘ
Euro (indirectly, via Deutsche Mark) ⓘ |
| shortName |
Mark
ⓘ
Mark der DDR ⓘ |
| startUse |
1948
ⓘ
introduced after currency reform in Soviet occupation zone ⓘ |
| status | obsolete currency ⓘ |
| subunit | Pfennig ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 Pfennig = 1 Mark ⓘ |
| symbol | M ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic retail transactions
ⓘ
state accounting within the GDR ⓘ wages and salaries in the GDR ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Berlin (East)
ⓘ
linked to:
East Berlin
East Germany ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mark der DDR Description of subject: Mark der DDR was the official currency of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until reunification in 1990.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mark der DDR
linked to: Mark der DDR