There are areas in this part of Europe, such as Kosovo and Montenegro where the DM was the only means of payment.There are countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Bulgaria, with currency boards anchored to the DM, where the domestic banknote only represented Deutchmarks deposited at central banks.
Postoje oblasti u ovom delu Evrope, kao što su Kosovo i Crna Gora, gde je DEM bila jedino sredstvo plaćanja. U zemljama poput Bosne i Hercegovine (BiH) i Bugarske, domaće valute bile su vezane za DEM i domaće novčanice samo su reflektovale nemačke marke deponovane u centralnim bankama.