Coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany - Definition and Overview

This is a description of the coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Regular coins

See Deutsche Mark and German euro coins.

Commemorative coins

• 100th anniversary of the Germanic National Museum in Nürnberg. 5 DM, silver, 1952.
• 150th death anniversary of Friedrich von Schiller. 5 DM, silver, 1955.
• 300th birthday of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden. 5 DM, silver, 1955.
• 100th death anniversary of Joseph von Eichendorff. 5 DM, silver, 1957.
• 150th death anniversary of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. 5 DM, silver, 1964.
• 250th death anniversary of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. 5 DM, silver, 1966.

• 200th birthday of Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt. 5 DM, silver, 1967.

• 150th birthday of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen. 5 DM, silver, 1968.

• 500th death anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg. 5 DM, silver, 1968.

• 150th birthday of Max von Pettenkofer. 5 DM, silver, 1968.

• 150th birthday of Theodor Fontane. 5 DM, silver, 1969.

• 375th death anniversary of Gerhard Mercator. 5 DM, silver, 1969.

• 200th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. 5 DM, silver, 1970.

• 100th anniversary of the foundation of the German Empire. 5 DM, silver, 1971.

• 500th birthday of Albrecht Dürer. 5 DM, silver, 1971.

• 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 10 DM, silver, 1972. Five different motives.

• 500th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. 5 DM, silver, 1973.

• 125th anniversary of the Frankfurt National Assembly. 5 DM, silver, 1973.

• 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Basic Law. 5 DM, silver, 1974.

• 250th birthday of Immanuel Kant. 5 DM, silver, 1974.

• 50th death anniversary of Friedrich Ebert. 5 DM, silver, 1975.

• 100th birthday of Albert Schweitzer. 5 DM, silver, 1975.

• European Year of Monument Protection. 5 DM, silver, 1975.

• 300th death anniversary of Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen. 5 DM, silver, 1976.

• 200th birthday of Carl Friedrich Gauss. 5 DM, silver, 1977.

• 200th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist. 5 DM, silver, 1977.

• 100th birthday of Gustav Stresemann. 5 DM, silver, 1978.

• 225th death anniversary of Balthasar Neumann. 5 DM, silver, 1978.

• 150th anniversary of the German Archaeological Institute. 5 DM, silver, 1979.

• 100th birthday of Otto Hahn. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1979.
• 750th death anniversary of Walther von der Vogelweide. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1980.

• 100th anniversary of the completion of Cologne Cathedral. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1980.

• 200th death anniversary of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1981.
• 150th death anniversary of Carl vom Stein. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1981.
• 10th anniversary of the UN Environmental Conference. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1982.
• 150th death anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1982.
• 100th death anniversary of Karl Marx. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1983.
• 500th birthday of Martin Luther. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1983.
• 150th anniversary of the German Customs Union. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1984.

• 175th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1984.

• European Year of Music. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1985.

• 150th anniversary of German railroads. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1985.
• 600th anniversary of the University of Heidelberg. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1986.
• 200th death anniversary of Frederick the Great. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1986.
• 750th anniversary of Berlin. 10 DM, silver, 1987.
• 30th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. 10 DM, silver, 1987.
• 200th birthday of Arthur Schopenhauer. 10 DM, silver, 1988.
• 100th death anniversary of Carl Zeiss. 10 DM, silver, 1988.
• 40th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany. 10 DM, silver, 1989.
• 2,000th anniversary of Bonn. 10 DM, silver, 1989.
• 800th anniversary of the port of Hamburg. 10 DM, silver, 1989.
• 800th death anniversary of Barbarossa. 10 DM, silver, 1990.
• 800th anniversary of the Teutonic Order. 10 DM, silver, 1990.
• 200th anniversary of the Brandenburg Gate. 10 DM, silver, 1991.
• 125th birthday of Käthe Kollwitz. 10 DM, silver, 1992.
• 150th anniversary of the order Pour le Mérite. 10 DM, silver, 1992.
• 1,000th anniversary of Potsdam. 10 DM, silver, 1993.
• 150th birthday of Robert Koch. 10 DM, silver, 1993.

• 50th anniversary of the July 20 Plot. 10 DM, silver, 1994.

• 250th birthday of Johann Gottfried Herder. 10 DM, silver, 1994.
• Reconstruction of the Frauenkirche in Dresden. 10 DM, silver, 1995.
• 150th birthday of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and 100th anniversary of discovery of X-rays. 10 DM, silver, 1995.
• 800th death anniversary of Heinrich der Löwe. 10 DM, silver, 1995.
• 150th anniversary of the Kolpingwerk. 10 DM, silver, 1996.
• 500th birthday of Philipp Melanchthon. 10 DM, silver, 1997.
• 100th anniversary of the Diesel engine. 10 DM, silver, 1997.
• 200th birthday of Heinrich Heine. 10 DM, silver, 1997.
• 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia. 10 DM, silver, 1998.
• 900th birthday of Hildegard von Bingen. 10 DM, silver, 1998.
• 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Mark. 10 DM, silver, 1998.
• 300th anniversary of the Stift in Halle. 10 DM, silver, 1998.
• 50th anniversary of the Basic Law. 10 DM, silver, 1999.
• 50th anniversary of the SOS Children's Villages. 10 DM, silver, 1999.
• Weimar, European City of Culture, and 250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 10 DM, silver, 1999.
• Expo 2000. 10 DM, silver, 2000.
• 1,200th anniversary of Charlemagne and the Aachen Cathedral. 10 DM, silver, 2000.
• 250th death anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach. 10 DM, silver, 2000.
• 10th anniversary of German reunification. 10 DM, silver, 2000.
• 200th birthday of Albert Lortzing. 10 DM, silver, 2001.
• 50th anniversary of the Federal Constitutional Court. 10 DM, silver, 2001.
• 750th anniversary of the Katharinenkloster and 50th anniversary of the Sea Museum in Stralsund. 10 DM, silver, 2001.

• Introduction of the euro. 10 euro, silver, 2002. Also 100 and 200 euro, gold.

• 100th anniversary of German subways. 10 euro, silver, 2002.

• Documenta art exhibition. 10 euro, silver, 2002.

• Museum Island in Berlin. 10 euro, silver, 2002.

• 50th anniversary of German television. 10 euro, silver, 2002.

• 100th anniversary of the German Museum. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• 200th birthday of Gottfried Semper. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• 200th birthday of Justus Liebig. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• Ruhr industrial area. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• 50th anniversary of the 1953 East German uprising. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• Quedlinburg, World Heritage Site. 100 euro, gold, 2003.
• Football World Cup 2006, 1st edition. 10 euro, silver, 2003.
• Football World Cup 2006, 2nd edition. 10 euro, silver, 2004.
• Bauhaus in Dessau. 10 euro, silver, 2004.
• Enlargement of the European Union. 10 euro, silver, 2004.
• Wadden Sea National Parks. 10 euro, silver, 2004.
• 200th birthday of Eduard Mörike. 10 euro, silver, 2004.
• Columbus orbital facility for the International Space Station. 10 euro, silver, 2004.