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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 ...
An aluminium-bronze 20 schilling coin was introduced in 1980. Silver coins were in the value of 25, 50, 100, 200 and 500 schilling, but gold coins also existed for 500 and 1,000 schilling. They were considered legal currency, but were rarely found in actual transactions. Coins under 10 groschen were rarely seen in circulation during their final ...
On 30 August 1924, the Reich government decided to liquidate the Rentenbank [6] in favour of a new Reichsbank, [7] the new currency, the Reichsmark, was to have gold backing again (Coin Act 1924). [8]
1000 schillings - bi-metallic Ag/Au - 800 years Vienna Mint - 1994; 1000 schillings - gold - The Magic Flute - 1991; 1000 schillings - gold - Queen Marie Antoinette of France - 1997; 1000 schillings - gold - Empress Elisabeth of Austria - 1998; 1000 schillings - gold - Emperor Karl I of Austria - 1999; 1000 schillings - gold - Heidentor - 2000
Auction record: $40,250. This elusive coin sold for more than $40,000 in 2008. What makes this dime so rare is that it was the first proof coin that got struck by the Mint without the S mint mark ...
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 .
The series contained 1 Krone, 2, 10, 20, 100, 1000, 5000, 50 000, 100 000 and 500 000 Kronen, later 10 000 Kronen (1 000 000 Kronen was planned but not issued). In 1923 the League of Nations Financial Committee, with support from the Bank of England under Montagu Norman , provided a loan to allow Austria to stabilize the krone against the U.S ...
Guter Groschen (1 ⁄ 24 Reichstaler), 1616, also called an Apfelgroschen ("apple groschen") because of the orb. The Guter Groschen ("good groschen"), also Gutergroschen or Gutegroschen, abbreviation Ggr., is name of the groschen coin that was valued at 1 ⁄ 24 of a Reichsthaler from the end of the 16th century.