On 29 June 1959 the federal ordinance " Verordnung zur Einf�hrung der Deutschen Mark im Saarland " stipulated that with effect from 6 July ( ?1 ) all debts, credits, deposits, wages, rents, fees, interest servicing, or amortisation payments, and other obligations, as well as cash reserves and prices denominated in francs were to be converted at the rate of 100 francs = 0.8507 Deutsche Mark ( ?2 ).
