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| COMMEMORATIVE PHILATELIC-NUMISMATIC COVER (PNC) ISSUED FOR THE DEUTSCHE WÄHRUNGSUNION (GERMAN MONETARY UNION) ON JULY 1, 1990. |
| SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT |
| THE DATE: ON JULY 1, 1990, THE DEUTSCHE MARK (DM) BECAME THE OFFICIAL AND SOLE CURRENCY OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR), REPLACING THE EAST GERMAN MARK. |
| A UNIFIED GERMANY: THIS EVENT WAS THE CRUCIAL FIRST STEP TOWARD THE POLITICAL REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY, WHICH FOLLOWED THREE MONTHS LATER ON OCTOBER 3, 1990. |
| THE CHANGEOVER: EAST GERMANS EXCHANGED THEIR CURRENCY AT VARYING RATES (1:1 FOR WAGES, PENSIONS, AND CERTAIN SAVINGS; 2:1 FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS) TO GAIN THE "HARD" CURRENCY OF WEST GERMANY. |
| ITEM DETAILS |
| COINS: THE COVER FEATURES ACTUAL GERMAN COINAGE FROM THE ERA. BASED ON CURRENT 2026 DATA, WHILE STANDARD CIRCULATED COINS ARE COMMON, CERTAIN 1990 1 DM "D" MINT MARK COINS IN PROOF CONDITION CAN HAVE HIGH COLLECTOR VALUE, THOUGH MOST ITEMS IN THESE SETS ARE VALUED AS A COMPLETE HISTORIC SOUVENIR. |
| POSTMARKS: THE "BONN 111" POSTMARK DATED -1.-7.90-18 INDICATES IT WAS CANCELED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE UNION IN BONN, WHICH WAS THEN THE CAPITAL OF WEST GERMANY. |
| GRAPHICS: IT DISPLAYS SYMBOLS OF BOTH STATES: THE FEDERAL EAGLE (WEST GERMANY) AND THE HAMMER AND COMPASS EMBLEM OF THE GDR STATE COAT OF ARMS (EAST GERMANY), ILLUSTRATING THEIR MERGING. |
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