Germany will officially mark the reunification milestone on Sunday.
Before the advent of the euro, Germany's mark was Switzerland's main point of reference including a period in the 1970s when the Swiss National Bank pegged the franc against the mark to rein in a surge in the Swiss currency.
In abandoning the D-mark, Germany has already made the biggest sacrifice of all for European unity.
Elsewhere, Japan's Nikkei has climbed above the 10000 mark and Germany's DAX is above the 7000 level.
He is due a day later at a NATO summit split between Strasbourg and Kehl, a town in south-western Germany, that will mark the alliance's 60th anniversary.
If Germany returned to the Deutsch Mark, it may find itself with a significantly stronger currency.
If the euro were to break up and a new German Mark was issued, Germany may find itself in a similar position to Switzerland.
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She told mourners about Ms Rennie's happy early years, spent growing up in Germany with her siblings Vanessa and Mark due to her father's job in the Armed Forces.
Germany no longer has a deutsche mark to revalue.
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Germany wants to build a centre to mark the fate of millions deported after the war from historically German lands in eastern Europe.
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Survivors of Bergen-Belsen, near Hanover in northern Germany, held private ceremonies on Friday to mark their liberation by British troops on 15 April 1945.
Ivan Campo, who missed Thursday's draw in Germany, also came close near the hour mark, when he failed to turn the ball goalward from close range.
Button now has a 21-point advantage over Sebastian Vettel with Mark Webber, who claimed victory in Germany, 22.5 points adrift.
For its part, Germany reckons that it sacrificed its cherished D-mark for Europe, in return for solemn promises of fiscal discipline.
D-mark would hurt German exports, just when Germany's economy is in the doldrums.
In the 1970s, Germany and Japan resisted a larger role for the D-mark and the yen for similar reasons.
There are hopes, though, that the fourth quarter of 2012 will mark the low point for the eurozone, and Germany in particular.
By a nice irony, however, a sustained period of low growth has meant that Germany itself is now unable to keep below the 3% mark.
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This became clear when, on May 28th, the Bundesbank vehemently attacked Mr Waigel's plan to revalue the German gold reserves and mark up the profit as a way of making Germany's public finances look less dire.
Meanwhile, England's Dennis Smith beat countryman Mark Walsh 4-0 and Dutchman Roland Scholten downed Germany's Tomas Seyler 4-2.
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And while Button leads the drivers' championship by 21 points following his fifth place in Germany, Barrichello was leapfrogged by Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber and now sits fourth.
Ahead of the summit Mr Cameron had a series of conversations with the heads of government of other countries also backing cuts to the EU budget, including Germany's Angela Merkel, Swedish Premier Fredrik Reinfeldt and Dutch PM Mark Rutte.
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Today, as in the 1970s, Germany is Switzerland's largest trading partner, so a new Deutsche mark could in theory substitute for the euro, according to this person, although the bank is considering other scenarios, such as the formation of more than one currency bloc within Europe.
Germany's economic recovery took off with the arrival of the D-mark in 1948, which relieved post-war shortages and spurred production.
Eurozone manufacturing PMI increased to 46.0 from 46.4 in November, while Germany and France both showed modest increases, but remained below the 50 point mark that separates contraction from expansion.
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Germany entered the single currency handicapped, they say, by a strong D-mark and the cost of unification.
Messi ended the year with 91 goals to his name as he beat the previous record mark of goals scored in a calendar year -- the 85 converted by Germany's Gerd Muller in 1972.
Mark Tinker, an analyst with Commerzbank in London, reckons that around half of Germany's equity market is currently tied up in cross-holdings that might be disposed of once the law changes.
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