Coat of arms of Germany

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German Coinage: Unity, Rupture, Recovery

From the gold mark of 1871 to the Deutsche Mark and the euro, Germany's coins record political breaks more sharply than almost any modern series.

German coinage is not one smooth national story. It is a chain of resets: empire from many states, republic after defeat, dictatorship, occupation, division, recovery, reunification, and finally a shared European currency. The coins are small, but the changes they record are enormous.

713Series3Listed now1871–2023Coverage2Live series

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Germany as one chronological story

Iconic series, live activity, and sparse eras all hang on time first. Denomination remains the catalogue lens below.

1950
1950s

Germany coinage in the 1950s-1989s

196 catalog series begin in this span. The page keeps the same time spine even without hand-authored country prose, so the catalogue still degrades as a readable market map.

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1990
1990s

Germany coinage in the 1990s-2029s

184 catalog series begin in this span. The page keeps the same time spine even without hand-authored country prose, so the catalogue still degrades as a readable market map.

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Issued together as a set

Commemorative programs

2 programs4 coins in total

Multi-denomination commemorative sets — each coin its own series, grouped as the set a collector chases together. Live activity first; open one to see every coin in the set.

Within Germany

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Every Germany series in the catalogue

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The catalog across time

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