Po 1871 m., kai susikūrė Vokietijos imperija, markė ... - Šiaulių bankas

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A� er the German Empire came into being in 1870, the mark
became the state’s o� cial currency unit. At � rst, German im
perial ьarks circulated only in Klaipėda (Memel) territory. In
1874-1914, marks were issued by the Reichsbank and four state
banks: those of Bavaria, Baden, Wurttemburg, and Saxony as
well as the state treasury, and from 1914 until 1922 by the Credit
Treasury. German imperial marks were backed by gold. One mark
was worth 0.3584 g of gold. It was only at the outbreak of World
War I that marks stopped being convertible to gold coins.
Reichsmarks were printed in Berlin; there were eight denominations
of banknotes: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50,100 and 1,000 marks.
Reichsmarkės pasižymėjo
sudėtingu gra� niu piešiniu ir
ornamentu, o jų kaligra� jos
tradicijas perėmė ir vėlesnių
vokiškų pinigų kūrėjai.
Reichsmarks were noted for their
complex graphic designs and tracery;
these calligraphic traditions were
taken over by later designers of
German paper money.
During World War I (from October 15, 1915 to August
6, 1916), the German mark circulated alongside Russian
rubles in the rest of Lithuania.
Later on, a special currency – the ostmark – was issued for
the occupied territories, although its value was set according
to the value of the German mark; when these were replaced
by ostmarks, they were also pegged to the German imperial
mark.
Even a� er Lithuania declared independence, its currency was
linked to Germany’s for almost four years. When Germany
lost World War I, Lithuania’s currency plunged along
with the German mark, leading to major losses for the
Lithuanian economy. � e rapid devaluation of the German
mark was one of the reasons the Lithuanian government of
the time began urgently seeking ways to introduce its own
currency.
Seeking to foster entrepreneurship and spread
information regarding forms of funding
provided to business Šiaulių bankas has signed
collaboration agreements with almost half a
hundred of various business information centers
and business incubators in the country.