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A German Lady at the Wrong Bank

In post-World War II Germany, new coins for currency had to be minted for the two countries that emerged from the divided state – the German Federal Republic in the west and the German Democratic Republic in the eastern part.

For the territory of West Germany, the Bank deutscher Länder (Bank of German States or BdL) was founded on 1

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