List of Reichsmark coins from the Weimar Republic

Reverse side of a 5 mark commemorative coin

After years of hyperinflation (1918-1923) was in Germany an attempt to stabilize the market undertaken. Since there were no more gold stocks after the lost war, gold was excluded as a cover option .

Therefore, on October 15, 1923, the Deutsche Rentenbank was founded in Berlin . The pension letters it issued, which encumbered industrial companies and agricultural property, formed the cover for the Rentenbank coins. From November 15, 1923, a currency cut was implemented: 1 Rentenmark equals 1 billion paper marks.

The basis of the coinage made of silver in the Weimar Republic was formed by the old coinage law of the German Empire of June 1, 1909 until August 30, 1924. With the enactment of a new law on August 30, 1924, the Reichsmark was introduced as legal tender.

The new law provided for the following denominations:
gold coins of 10 and 20 Reichsmarks,
silver coins of 1, 2, 3 and 5 Reichsmarks,
small coins of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 Reichspfennig

The gold coins of the empire continued to be valid at their face value. The planned re-minting of gold coins, which should have the same size and the same gold content as the imperial coins, was omitted.

Legend

Obverse : The obverse is the face of a coin. It usually shows the motif or the value.

Reverse : The reverse is the back of a coin. The imperial eagle can be seen there. In the case of commemorative coins, you can often read the face value.

Face Value: The face value of a coin is the value at which the coin was issued.

Issue year / minting period : The issue year is the year in which the coin was issued. Most of the time it was also minted that year.

Occasion : For commemorative coins, the occasion of the issue is given.

Edge design : The large coins often have edge writing. This is given here. It is always complemented by an arabesque , an iron cross and an arabesque. Large coins that only had notches on the edge were also rare; one example is the 5-mark commemorative coin "Lessing". The small coins and thus almost all circulation coins were also notched or had a smooth edge.

Weight : With silver coins a distinction is made between fine and rough weight . The fine weight indicates the weight of the silver part of the coin, while the rough weight shows the complete weight. Therefore, only the rough weight is used here.

Material : Most coins are made of alloys. The following alloys are available for Reichsmark coins:

Copper 950: 95% copper , 4% tin and 1% zinc
Copper 915: 91.5% copper , 8.5% aluminum
Nickel 1000: 100% nickel
Silver 500: 50% silver , 50% copper

embossed edition:

stgl : These coins were minted in the normal way. However, most of the coins no longer have the "uncirculated gloss" condition, as they have worn out over time.
PP : These coins are minted in a special way, separately from the others. They arestampedfrom polished discs with specially polished stamps. This makes the elevations of the coin appear matt, while the surface is reflective. These coins are usually more expensive than the normally minted copies, since in most cases they were minted in smaller numbers. If the word is present in the "PP" column, it means that the number of PP coins is not known.

Mints

The Reichsmark coins were produced in six different mints :

Mint mark	place
A.	Berlin
D.	Munich
E.	Muldenhütten
F.	Stuttgart
G	Karlsruhe
J	Hamburg

Circulation coins

Face value	Embossing period	material	Weight	Diameter of the coin	Edge design
1 Reichspfennig	1924-1925 1927-1936	Copper 950	2.0 g	17.5 mm	smooth
2 Reichspfennig	1924-1925 1936	Copper 950	3.33 g	20.0 mm	smooth
4 Reichspfennig	1932	Copper 950	5.0 g	24.0 mm	smooth
5 Reichspfennig	1924-1926 1930 1935-1936	Copper 915	2.5 g	18.0 mm	84 notches
10 Reichspfennig	1924-1926 1928-1936	Copper 915	4.0 g	21.0 mm	90 notches
50 Reichspfennig	1924-1925	Copper 915	5.0 g	24.0 mm	140 notches
50 Reichspfennig	1927-1933 1935-1938	Nickel 1000	3.5 g	20.0 mm	126 notches
1 Reichsmark	1925-1927	Silver 500	5.0 g	22.6 mm	Arabesques
2 Reichsmarks	1925-1927 1931	Silver 500	10.0 g	26.0 mm	140 notches
3 Reichsmarks	1931-1933	Silver 500	15.0 g	30.0 mm	Marginal writing : UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM
5 Reichsmarks	1927-1933	Silver 500	25.0 g	36.0 mm	192 notches

↑ The introduction of the 4 Reichspfennig coin should result in a price reduction of 20%. However, the coin was rejected by the public, so that the 4-Reichspfennig coin was canceled after one year.
↑ This coin was counterfeited particularly often; there are reports that up to 80% of the 50-pfennig coins were forged. This is why this coin was withdrawn from 1928 and replaced by the 50-pfennig coin made of nickel.

The circulation coins were minted in all of the mints , but they were not commissioned with the production of the coins every year.

Commemorative coins

Obverse	reverse	Year of issue	Occasion border design	embossing site	embossed edition
Three Reichsmark commemorative coins Material: Silver 500 Gross weight : 15 g Diameter: 30.0 mm
Obverse	reverse	Year of issue	Occasion border design	embossing site	stgl	PP
		1925	For the millennium of the Rhineland UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	3,052,156 1,122,520 441,100 172,875 299,664 492,000	available available 229 available available available
		1926	700 years of imperial freedom Lübeck UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A.	200,000	available
		1927	100 years of Bremerhaven NAVIGARE NECESSE EST	A.	150,000	available
		1927	1000 years of Nordhausen UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A.	100,000	available
		1927	450 years of the University of Tübingen UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	F.	50,000	available
		1927	400 years of Philipps-Universität Marburg UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	A.	130,000	available
		1928	On the 400th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer's death HONOR YOUR GERMAN MASTER	D.	50,000	-
		1928	900 years of Naumburg an der Saale UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	G	100,000	-
		1928	1000 years of Dinkelsbühl UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	D.	40,000	available
		1929	140 notches for Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 200th birthday	A D E F G J	216,760 56,240 29,800 40,120 24,400 32,680	available
		1929	On the unification of Waldeck with Prussia UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A.	170,000	available
		1929	1000 years of the castle and city of Meissen UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	E.	200,000	available
		1929	On the 10th anniversary of the Weimar Constitution, UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	1,420,561 499,114 112,155 370,357 255,590 342,323	available
		1930	On the world flight of the "Graf Zeppelin" in 1929 UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	541,900 140,600 74,500 100,300 61,000 81,700	available
		1930	On the 700th anniversary of the death of Walther von der Vogelweide UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	162,570 42,180 22,350 30,090 18,300 24,510	available
		1930	For the evacuation of the Rhineland UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	1,734,080 499,920 38,400 320,960 195,200 261,440	available
		1931	On the 300th anniversary of the Magdeburg fire, UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A.	100,000	available
		1931	On the 100th anniversary of the death of Freiherr vom und zum Stein UNITY AND RIGHT AND FREEDOM	A.	150,000	available
		1932	On the 100th anniversary of Goethe's death, ALL FORCES RECEIVE YOURSELF	A D E F G J	216,760 56,240 29,800 40,120 24,400 32,680	available
Five Reichsmark commemorative coins Material: Silver 500 Gross weight : 25 g Diameter: 36.0 mm
Obverse	reverse	Year of issue	Occasion border design	embossing site	embossed edition
Obverse	reverse	Year of issue	Occasion border design	embossing site	stgl	PP
		1925	For the millennium of the Rhineland UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	A D E F G J	683,733 452,027 204,000 211,950 89,204 43,400	available available 226 available available available
		1927	100 years of Bremerhaven NAVIGARE NECESSE EST	A.	50,000	available
		1927	450 years of the University of Tübingen UNITY AND LAW AND FREEDOM	G	40,000	available
		1929	On the 200th birthday of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 192 notches	A D E F G J	86,704 22,496 11,920 16,048 9,760 13,072	available
		1929	1000 years of the castle and town of Meissen 192 notches	E.	120,000	available
		1929	192 notches for the 10th anniversary of the Weimar Constitution	A D E F G J	325,140 84,360 44,700 60,180 36,600 49,020	available
		1930	For the world flight of the "Graf Zeppelin" in 1929 192 notches	A D E F G J	216,760 56,240 29,800 40,120 24,400 32,680	available
		1930	192 notches for evacuation of the Rhineland	A D E F G J	325,140 84,360 44,700 60,180 36,600 49,020	available
		1932	On the 100th anniversary of Goethe's death, ALL FORCES RECEIVE YOURSELF	A D E F G J	10,838 2,812 1,490 2,006 1,220 1,634	available

literature

Article base

K. Jaeger, H. Kahnt: The German coins since 1871. 21st edition, Gietl, Regenstauf 2009, ISBN 978-3-86646-521-3 .

Continuing

H. Caspar: Unity and Law and Freedom: A Foray through the Coin and Monetary History of the Weimar Republic. money trend Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-9502268-0-5 .
P. Arnold, H. Küthmann, D. Steinhilber, D. Faßbender: Large German coin catalog from 1800 to today. 27th edition, Gietl, Regenstauf 2012, ISBN 978-3-86646-075-1 .

Web links

Commons : Coins of the Weimar Republic - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] The introduction of the 4 Reichspfennig coin should result in a price reduction of 20%. However, the coin was rejected by the public, so that the 4-Reichspfennig coin was canceled after one year.

[2] This coin was counterfeited particularly often; there are reports that up to 80% of the 50-pfennig coins were forged. This is why this coin was withdrawn from 1928 and replaced by the 50-pfennig coin made of nickel.