The Reichsmark was the currency

Currency

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 in Germany

Germany

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 from 1924 until June 20, 1948. The Reichsmark was subdivided into 100 Reichspfennig.
The Reichsmark was introduced in 1924 as a permanent replacement for the Papiermark

German papiermark

The name Papiermark is applied to the German currency from the 4th August 1914 when the link between the Mark and gold was abandoned, due to the outbreak of World War I...

. This was necessary due to the 1920s German inflation which had reached its peak in 1923. The exchange rate between the old Papiermark and the Reichsmark was 1 ℛℳ = 10¹² Papiermark (one "trillion" in US English, one "billion" in British English, German and other European languages, see long and short scales

Long and short scales

The long and short scales are two of several different large-number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English-speaking countries use the short scale...

).