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Monetary Union and reunification 1990

German-German monetary union, 1990

On 1 July 1990 the economic, monetary and social union with the GDR comes into force. The D-Mark thus becomes the sole means of payment in the GDR as well. Long queues formed in front of the banks as the citizens of the GDR wanted to change their money. The sign informs about the currency union and that payment receipts can be cashed there. [automated translation]

Exchange of East German and West German money, 1990

From July 1990 the D-Mark also becomes the official means of payment in the GDR. The planned exchange rate is 1:1, which is strongly criticized by many West German citizens. The GDR population must now integrate into the free-market system of the FRG. [automated translation]

Closed exchange office at Berlin central station, 1990

A closed exchange office of the GDR state bank at the Berlin main station in a residential building in the Erich-Steinfurth-Straße 6. It reminds of the times before the reunification could be exchanged there in the ratio 1:1. [automated translation]

Coal delivery in East Berlin, 1991

Three men deliver coal to private households in East Berlin shortly after reunification. The background to the photograph was the limited quantities per household and the resulting conflicts. [automated translation]

Evidence room with smuggled cigarettes, 1991

The head of customs in Saxony, Karl-Heinz Schmidt, with seized smuggled cigarettes. Well-organized black-market rings specializing in large-scale illegal imports, mainly from Eastern Europe, flood the East German market with 25 to 30 illicit goods. [automated translation]

Monetary union, introduction of Deutsche Mark, 1990

Monetary union, introduction of Deutsche Mark, 1990, GDR - economy, Germany since 1949 and East

Währungsunion - Einführung der D-Mark

Menschen bestaunen begierig die neuen Westwaren in den Auslagen der Schaufenster am Morgen nach der Einführung der D-Mark - Berlin-Alexanderplatz

Währungs- und Sozialnunion in Berlin

Das letzte Ostgeld wird in einer Szenekneipe auf -den Kopp gekloppt- anlässlich der bevorstehenden Währungs- und Sozialnunion in Berlin. Foto: snapshot-photography/Tobias Seeliger.

Demonstration für einen Umtauschkurs von 1:1 bei der bevorstehenden Währungs- und Sozialnunion in Berlin