Bundesbank: 13 billion D-mark in the german pockets

For the Germans, the old love, D-mark, you never forget. In a note, the Bundesbank announced that, although 14 years have passed since the introduction of the single currency, 12.8 billion D-marks (6.53 billion euro) are still in the homes of the population in the form of banknotes and coins.

"Among the bills jealously preserved, says the Bundesbank, the preferred is the one of 10 brands, while among currencies resist the charm of the old penny. According to the German central bank, each year are yet exchanged for euro average of 100 million marks; the disposal pace is slow and at this rate will not be enough a century to complete the conversion of the currency ".

Than any other country of the Old Continent, the abandonment of the national currency for Germany was quite traumatic. The German mark was the economic success of West Germany rose from the ashes after World War II and the symbol of the reunified country. Not to give up this emotional value, the Germans imposed, when euro's age started, were printed in Frankfurt. But despite the diktat imposed by Berlin, the Germans are not particularly enthusiastic about the single currency and this explains the fact that even today jealously guarded almost 13 billion marks.