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Mark (unit)

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comes from the fact that "the piece of metal used for weighing was stamped with a sign or symbol". Meyer's 1905 Konversationslexikon similarly derives the origin of the word to the emergence of the mark from the Roman pound of to 11
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weight in parts of Europe in the 11th century. The Mark is traditionally divided into 8
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Allgemeine Realencyclopädie oder Conversationslexicon für das katholische Deutschland
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originally meant "minting" (marking of a certain weight), later denoting the
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itself and its weight, and finally a coin of a certain weight and value.
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weight system considered one "Marc" equal to 8 troy ounces.
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Index

Middle High German
medieval
pound
precious metals
coinage
ounces
lots
Cologne mark
grams
German
French
poids de marc
pound
pound
mark
Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
Friedrich Kluge
Proto-Germanic
Wolfgang Pfeifer
Old High German
ingot
ounces
Charlemagne
Karlspfund
Elmar Seebold
p. 602
Google Books
Wolfgang Pfeifer
"Mark"
p. 1133

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