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23 years into euro era, Germans still handing in old Deutschmarks

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78% Informative

Some 53 million Deutschmarks worth around 27.2 million ( $28.1 million ) were exchanged in 2024 .

Germany is one of six countries that still allow their former currencies to be exchanged for euros.

The euro was formally introduced on January 1, 2002 , with 20 countries now official members of the eurozone.

The Bundesbank estimates that up to 12.2 billion Deutschmark, worth around 6.24 billion , are still being exchanged.

VR Score

88

Informative language

93

Neutral language

67

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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