1 mark, 1875|250px|thumb the mark was a currency or unit of account in many nations. it is named for the mark unit of weight. the word mark comes from a merging of three teutonic/germanic words, latinized in ninth century post-classical latin as marca, marcha, marha or marcus.oed, draft revision june 2002 it was a measure of weight mainly for gold and silver, commonly used throughout western europe and often equivalent to eight ounces. considerable variations, however, occurred throughout the middle ages.see du cange, gloss. med. et infim. lat., s.v. marca for a full list. as of 2014, the only circulating currency named "mark" is the bosnia and herzegovina convertible mark. == list of currencies named "mark" or similar == "mark" can refer * to one of the following historical german currencies: ** 1619â1873: the mark banco of hamburg; ** 1873â1914: the german gold mark, the currency of the german empire; ** 1914â1923: the german papiermark; ** 1923â1948: the german rentenmark; ** 1924â1948: the german reichsmark; ** 1944â1948: the military mark of the allied occupying forces; ** 1947: the saar mark; ** 1948â1990: the east german mark; ** 1948â2002: the german mark, also called deutsche mark or d-mark, and abbreviated dm; * or to one of the other following historical currencies: ** the merk scots, an early-modern scottish silver coin; ** 1860â2002: the finnish markka; ** 1884â1911: the new guinean mark; ** 1884â1915: the german south-west african mark; ** 1916â1918: the south west african mark; ** 1917â1924: the polish marka; ** 1918â1927: the estonian mark; * or, since 1998, to the bosnia and herzegovina convertible mark. == england and scotland == in england the "mark" never appeared as a coin, but was only used as a unit of account. it was apparently introduced in the 10th century by the danes.coinage of britain (p459)  according to 19th century sources, it was first equivalent to 100 pence, but after the norman conquest (1066) it was worth 160 pence, or 13 shillings and 4 pence, i.e., two-thirds of a pound sterling,1863 1849 1845 approximately 250 g in silver. in scotland, the merk scots was a silver coin of that value, issued first in 1570 and afterwards in 1663. == germany == === early use === in northern germany (espe
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