Volksmark (WWII Backwards)

The Volksmark (sign: VM) was the currency of the People's Republic of Germany. The Volksmark was divided into 100 Volkspfennig. The Mark is an ancient Germanic unit of weight, traditionally used in coinage. Therefore, the name "Volksmark" literally means "People's Money".

History
The Volksmark was introduced in 1920 as a permanent replacement for the Papiermark. This was done in part as a form of proof that the new Communist German government was a different entity than the former German Empire, and thus was no longer subject to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The exchange rate between the old Papiermark and the new Volksmark was 1 VM = 1,000,000 Papiermark. As a planned economy, the Volksmark was effectively immune to the effects of the Great Depression.

Aftermath of World War II
After the Treaty of Moscow was signed, Germany found itself in possession of five states it liberated from Veep Russia: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. Per the terms of the Treaty of Moscow, the allied powers were not allowed to annex any states liberated from Veep Russia. Germany got around this though by illegally manipulating local elections to ensure that the local communist parties would come into power. This formed a de facto collection of satellite states answerable only to Berlin. As a show of "Communist Solidarity", all currencies of the five satellite states were pegged at a set rate to the German Volksmark:

Coins
In 1933 coins were struck in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 Volkspfennig and 1 and 5 Volksmark. All coins were struck in aluminum, with the 1 and 5 Volkspfennig coins plated in bronze and the 1 and 5 Volksmark coins plated in brass. From 1939-1946 all coins were struck in zinc, allowing copper and aluminum stores to be reserved for the war effort.

Series 1933