The Banknotes of Germany - Federal Republic

Banknote production status: EXTINCT. Germany now uses the Euro.

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Bank Deutscher Länder (1948-1949)

BDL B2a P2a	1 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BDL B3a P3a	2 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B4a P4a	5 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B7a P5a	10 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B8a P6a	20 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL P9a P7a	50 Deutsche Mark 1948
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B12a P12a	10 Pfennig (20.8.1948)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BDL B13a P13a	5 Deutsche Mark 9.12.1948 (22.3.1950)
Without stamps or perforations. Single-letter prefix letter. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BDL B13c P13e	5 Deutsche Mark 9.12.1948
Serial number prefix = single number 1-6 and a letter. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B14a P14a	50 Deutsche Mark 9.12.1948 (19.9.1951)
Without overprint. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B15a P15a	100 Deutsche Mark 9.12.1948 (16.5.1951)
Without overprint. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BDL B16a P16a	10 Deutsche Mark 22.August 1949 (13.12.1951)
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

BDL B17a P17a	20 Deutsche Mark 22.August 1949 (27.11.1952)
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

Deutsche Bundesbank (1960-1999)

DB B1 P18a	5 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1960 (6.5.1963)
Without stamps or perforations. Images courtesy Ron Wise

DB B1d P30a	5 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1970
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

DB B1e P30b	5 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1980
With "© Deutsche Bundesbank 1963" at lower left on back. Images courtesy Omer Yalcinkaya

DB B2 P19a	10 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1960
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DB B2g P31b	10 Deutsche Mark 1.Juni 1977
Images courtesy Ron Wise

DB B2i P31d	10 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1980
With "© Deutsche Bundesbank 1963" at lower left on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise

DB B3 P20a	20 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1960
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DB B4 P21a	50 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1960
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DB B5 P22a	100 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1960
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DB B22a P37	5 Deutsche Mark 1.August 1991 (27.10.1992)
Images courtesy Tristan White

DB B23b P38b	10 Deutsche Mark 1.August 1991
Images courtesy Ron Wise

DB B23c P38c	10 Deutsche Mark 1.Oktober 1993
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B24a P39a	20 Deutsche Mark 1.August 1991 (30.3.1992)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B24b P39b	20 Deutsche Mark 1.Oktober 1993
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

DB B25c P40c	50 Deutsche Mark 1.Oktober 1993
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B26a P41a	100 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1989 (1.10.1990)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B27a P42	200 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1989 (1.10.1990)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B28a P43a	500 Deutsche Mark 1.August 1991 (27.10.1992)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B29a P44a	1000 Deutsche Mark 1.August 1991 (27.10.1992)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

DB B30a P45	50 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1996 (2.2.1998)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

DB B32a P47	200 Deutsche Mark 2.Janner 1996 (1997)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

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