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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, Latinised in 9th 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 2015, 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: * * Since the 11th century: the Kölner Mark, used in the Electorate of Cologne; * * 1319: the Sundische Mark, minted and used by the North German Hanseatic League Stralsund, and Pomerania cities; * * 1502: the Lübische Mark, a uniform coinage for the ''Wends'' (Germania Slavica) Hanseatic cities of Lübeck, Hamburg, Wismar, Lüneburg, Rostock, Stralsund, Anklam, among others, who joined the Wends Coinage Union (''Wendischer Münzverein''); * * 1502: the Courant Mark, a uniform coinage in North German Hanseatic League cities, part of the Wends Coinage Union (''Wendischer Münzverein''), and forerunner of the Reichsmark and the Deutsche Mark; * * 1619–1873: the mark banco of Hamburg; * * 1873–1914: the German gold mark, the currency of the German Empire; * * 1914–1923: the German Papiermark; * * 1923–1948: the German Rentenmark; * * 1924–1948: the German Reichsmark; * * 1944–1948: the military mark of the Allied occupying forces; * * 1947: the Saar mark; * * 1948–1990: the East German mark; * * 1948–2002: 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; * * 1860–2002: the Finnish markka; * * 1884–1911: the New Guinean mark; * * 1884–1915: the German South-West African mark; * * 1916–1918: the South West African mark; * * 1917–1924: the Polish marka; * * 1918–1927: the Estonian mark; * or, since 1998, to the Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark (currency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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