English summary: There have been many discussions about the end of the German mark, both from political and economic standpoints. These however were always concerned with the abstract currency and not with the money in its tangible form as a coin or a bill. For the first time, Gabriel studies the aesthetics of the material and the rhetoric of symbols used. The iconography of German money is traced back to its origins at the beginning of the 19th century from an historico-political perspective and compared to the imagery of ...
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English summary: There have been many discussions about the end of the German mark, both from political and economic standpoints. These however were always concerned with the abstract currency and not with the money in its tangible form as a coin or a bill. For the first time, Gabriel studies the aesthetics of the material and the rhetoric of symbols used. The iconography of German money is traced back to its origins at the beginning of the 19th century from an historico-political perspective and compared to the imagery of the euro. The history of German coins and bills becomes a clear reflection of Germanys political history with its continuities and disruptions. German description: Uber das Ende der Deutschen Mark ist viel diskutiert worden - unter politischen und okonomischen Gesichtspunkten. Thema war aber stets die abstrakte Wahrung und nicht das Geld in seiner konkreten sinnlichen Gestalt als Munze oder Banknote. Gabriel untersucht dagegen erstmalig die Asthetik des Materials und die Rhetorik der verwendeten Symbole. Das Bildprogramm des deutschen Geldes wird in historisch-politischer Perspektive bis auf seine Ursprunge zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts zuruckverfolgt und mit der Bildsprache des Euro verglichen. Die Geschichte der deutschen Munzen und Banknoten wird zum anschaulichen Spiegel der politischen Geschichte Deutschlands mit ihren Kontinuitaten und Bruchen.
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