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- ↑ Struktur und Aufbau der deutschen Wertpapier-Kenn-Nummer (WKN) (PDF), WM-Datenservice, 2012
- ↑ Körbitzer, K.-P. (27 January 2000), Allgemeine Kundeninformation 2000/02: Reorganisation der deutschen WKN-Systematik (PDF), WM-Datenservice