Coins

Coins

 

Coins provide an opportunity to make the past concrete. Try to investigate the story of the coin. What is the backround of the free town Danzig, German East Africa or the independent Saarland. Take the chance to hold history in your hands.


Middle Ages

Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages were issued a lot of different values and alloys. The was no organized harmonization in the coinage.

Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918

Capital: Berlin

Coins before the introduction of the Reichsmark until 1871

 

Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Saxony

1806-1918 Kingdom of Saxonia

1854–1873 Johann 

1873–1902 Albert

1902–1904 Georg 

1904–1918 Friedrich August III. 

German Empire

German Empire

German Empire - 1871 to 1918

- Wilhelm I. (1871-1888)

- Friedrich III. (1888)

- Wilhelm II. (1888-1918)

Separate Areas

Separate Areas

Supreme Commander East 

Belgium with German Occupation 

Planned Kingdom of Poland

Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia

Free Town Danzig

 

Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The "Weimar Republic" contains the period between the proclamation of the first parliamentary democracy 1918.11.9 and 1933.1.30.

 

Token Coins Germany 1918-1923

Token Coins Germany 1918-1923

Coins out of the period between Worldwar 1st and the hyperinflation in Germany (1918-1923).

Third Empire

Third Empire

Period of Nationalsocialism between 1933 and 1945.

Leader and Reich Chancellor: Adolf Hitler 

Allied Occupation

Allied Occupation

During the post-war era in all four occupied zones were issued common coins until the foundation of the federal republic of Germany.

Saarland

Saarland

1954 to 1956

Area: 2.570 km² - 948.000 Inhabitants (1950)

Monetary Reform July 6th 1959: 100 Franken = 0,8507 Deutsche Mark 

Bank of German Countries

Bank of German Countries

In the united economic region of the western allied military authority the Bank of german countries started 1948 to issue coins.

 

German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

1948 to 1990 Deutsche Demokratische Republik

Currency: 1 Deutsche Mark (East) = 100 Pfennig

 

Federal Republic of Germany

Federal Republic of Germany

1950 until today. Issues of the German National Bank for the Federal Republic of Germany in German Mark or Pfennig.