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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 827670, member: 39&quot;]Those I have too. There were four denominations; these two and also 50 and 100 franken.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike the other parts of Germany that were under allied occupation after WW2, Saarland was a separate territory with a different currency. Initially they had the Saar-Mark, then (as from Nov-1947) the French franc. Later Saarland got its own coins - those four types - which had the same specifications (size, composition, etc.) as their French counterparts. Saarland joined the Federal Republic on 1-1-1957, but the Deutsche Mark did not become legal tender in that state until July 1959 ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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