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This is a list of commemorative coins issued by the Federal Republic of Germany. For regular coins, see Deutsche Mark and German euro coins. Those prior to 2002 were denominated in Deutsche Marks; subsequent ones have been denominated in euros.
A total of one million gold DM 1 coins were minted (200,000 at each of the five mints) and were sold beginning in mid-2001 through German coin dealers on behalf of the Bundesbank. The issue price varied by the dealer but averaged approximately US$165. German coins bear a mint mark, indicating where the coin was minted.
A 1 pfennig coin under the Goldmark (German Empire) The gold.mark, introduced by the German Coinage Act of 1871, was the currency of the newly founded German Empire, divided into 100 pfennigs. This partition was retained through all German currencies (including the Rentenpfennig, the Reichspfennig, and the pfennig of the Deutsche Mark) until 2001.
5-Mark coin of William II. The federal states of the German Empire were allowed to issue their own silver coins in denominations of 2 and 5 marks from 1873. The Coinage Act of 9 July 1873 regulated how the coins were to be designed: On the obverse or image side only the state sovereign or the coat of arms of the free cities of Hamburg, Bremen or Lübeck was to be depicted, and the coin had to ...
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Production of 2 and 5 mark coins ceased in 1915 while 1-mark coins continued to be issued until 1916. A few 3 mark coins were minted until 1918, and 1 ⁄ 2 mark coins continued to be issued in silver until 1919. 20 pfennig, 1.1111 g (1 g silver), only until 1878; 1 ⁄ 2 mark or 50 pfennig, 2.7778 g (2.5 g silver) 1 mark, 5.5555 g (5 g silver)