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Rentenmark|ˈrɛntənmɑːk|
[Ger., f. renten securities: see mark n.2]
A unit of currency introduced in Germany in November 1923 and tied to the nation's industrial and agricultural resources; in 1924 it was replaced by the reichsmark (see Reich).
1923Times 8 Nov. 12/4 The issue of Rentenmarks is to be delayed till it can take place simultaneously throughout the country. 1940G. Crowther Outl. Money i. 19 The Rentenmark note was not itself land, nor was there any method by which the holder of a Rentenmark note could possess himself of the land that was supposed to be behind his note. 1967T. Stolper tr. G. Stolper's German Econ. iv. 91 In the case of the Rentenmark collateral consisted of the ‘real-estate debts’ of agriculture and of industrial companies. 1974Spectator 21 Dec. 803/1 The Rentenmark was a new unit of currency supposedly backed by the land of the Reich. |