Otto Bismarck4 December 1871
Imperial coinage legislation creates the mark and begins replacing the diverse currencies of the German states, preparing the institutional basis for a unified gold standard.
Germany · Government / German Empire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Imperial coinage legislation creates the mark and begins replacing the diverse currencies of the German states, preparing the institutional basis for a unified gold standard.
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