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Commerzbank Shares
A number of merchants, merchant bankers and private bankers founded the Commerz- und Disconto-Bank in Hamburg in 1870. From around 1900 the focus of the business was transferred increasingly to Berlin. The bank became one of Germany's leading big banks with a large branch network.
In 1920 a merger with the Mitteldeutsche Privat-Bank, a regional bank based in Magdeburg was agreed. In 1929 the bank merged with the Mitteldeutsche Creditbank based in Frankfurt am Main. The government ordered the merger in early 1932 of Commerzbank with the Barmer Bank-Verein Hinsberg, Fischer & Co. in Düsseldorf to stabilise the German banking system. In 1940, the name Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, by which the bank was generally known, was officially adopted.
After World War 2, Commerzbank lost some 45 % of its premises. The process of decentralisation of the big banks in West Germany resulted in a breakdown into three regional banks, which were re-united in 1958 as 'Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft'. The headquarters of the firm were based in Düsseldorf. Commerzbank increased its retail banking activities and formed nationwide branch network. At around the same time, it started expanding internationally. From 1970, the bank's administrative activities were shifted to Frankfurt am Main, which has been its legal domicile since 1990.
100 Reichsmark Commerzbank 1932
This stock is from 2 April 1932 for 100 Reichsmark.
1,000 Reichsmark Commerzbank 1941
This stock is from June 1941 for 1,000 Reichsmark.
100 Reichsmark Commerzbank 1952
This stock is from September 1952 for 100 Reichsmark.
100 Reichsmark Commerzbank 1958
This stock is from November 1958 for 100 Deutsche Mark.
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