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| has gloss | eng: | border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" | |- | |} Forum checks were a form of hard currency in East Germany. By law all East Germans had to convert any Deutsche Marks (and other western currencies) they possessed into Forum checks at the state bank. A Forum check mark was worth 1 Deutsche Mark. Forum checks, as well as western currencies, were accepted in Intershops as payment for western consumer goods. |
| lexicalization | eng: Forum check |
| instance of | (noun) the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used currency |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Als Forumscheck wurde in der DDR ein Zahlungsmittel bezeichnet, das von der Forum Außenhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H., einer 1976 gegründeten Tarnfirma des Bereichs Kommerzielle Koordinierung des DDR-Außenhandelsministeriums, ausgegeben wurde. Mit Forumschecks konnten DDR-Bürger in den Intershops einkaufen, dabei entsprach eine Forumscheck-Mark einer D-Mark. Der hier abgebildete 500-Mark-Forumscheck kam jedoch nicht in Umlauf. |
| lexicalization | deu: Forumscheck |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Forumsjekker (Tysk: Forumscheck) var en type hard valuta i DDR. Navnet kom av at de var utstedt av Forum Außenhandelsgesellschaft der DDR m. b. H. Forumsjekker ble akseptert i Intershop-butikker som betaling for vestlige forbruksvarer. En Forumsjekk pålydende 1 Mark tilsvarte 1 D-Mark. |
| lexicalization | nor: Forumsjekker |
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