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<p>several coins; <i>Reich</i>  comes from the official name for the German state from 1871 to 1945, <i>Deutsches Reich</i>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p><big> Establishment </big></p>
<p>The <i>Reichsmark</i> was introduced in 1924 as a permanent replacement for the <i>[[Papiermark]]</i>. This was necessary due to the <a href="page.php?w=Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic">1920s German inflation</a> which had reached its peak in 1923. The exchange rate between the old <i>Papiermark</i> and the <i>Reichsmark</i> was  = 10<sup>12</sup> <a href="page.php?w=Papiermark">M&</a></p><p>
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