Unification of Germany
Following the Unification of Germany in 1871, the newly formed German Empire adopted the Goldmark in 1873 as it began to standardise to a single currency within its borders, and chose to decimalise. One Mark, (written as "1ℳ" ), was subdivided into one-hundred Pfennig (written as "100₰" ), with the mark having an exchange equal to 35 kreuzer, or gulden, as the South German Gulden began to be withdrawn over the next three years.