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Gold Coins of the German States

German States
For many centuries Germany was in actuality a large number of states, some large, others small, and power rested mainly with the lords of each state. The Hapsburgs attempted to unify Germany ending in the thirty years war 1618 - 1648, which devastated the German economy, and heightened the localisation of power. At this point it is estimated that there were as many as 1,800 separate states some with a population as few as 300 people. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying most of these states into a modern nation. On April 14th 1871, the king of Prussia, the largest and most powerful state become emperor William I. According to Krause, the new nation consisted of 4 kingdoms, 6 grand duchies and principalities, 3 free cities, and the province of Alsace-Lorraine.
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  • Aachen
  • Anhalt
  • Anhalt - Bernburg
  • Anhalt - Dessau
  • Anhalt - Kothen
  • Anhalt - Ploetzkau
  • Anhalt - Zerbst
  • Arenberg
  • Augsberg
  • Baden
  • Bamberg
  • Bavaria
  • Bentheim - Tecklenburg - Rheda
  • Besancon
  • Biberach
  • Brandenburg
  • Brandenburg - Ansbach - Bayreuth
  • Brandenburg - Bayreuth
  • Brandenburg - Frankonia
  • Braunau
  • Breisach
  • Bremen
  • Bremen & Werden
  • Breslau
  • Bretzenheim
  • Brunswick
  • Brunswick - Bevern
  • Brunswick - Blankenburg
  • Brunswick - Dannenberg
  • Brunswick - Luneburg - Calenberg
  • Brunswick - Luneburg - Calenberg - Hannover
  • Brunswick - Luneburg - Celle
  • Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel
  • Bucheim
  • Cammin
  • Cleves
  • Cologne
  • Constance
  • Corvey
  • Dortmund
  • East Friesland
  • Eichstatt
  • Einbeck
  • Emden
  • Erbach
  • Erfurt
  • Essen
  • Esslingen
  • Franconian Circle
  • Frankental
  • Frankfurt am Main
  • Freiberg im Breisgau
  • Freising
  • Friedberg
  • Fugger - Babenhausen
  • Fulda
  • Fustenberg - Purglitz
  • Furstenberg - Stuhlingen
  • Furth
  • Gorze
  • Goslar
  • Gottingen
  • Gronsfeld
  • Hagenau
  • Halberstadt
  • Hall
  • Hamburg
  • Hameln
  • Hanau - Lichtenberg
  • Hanau - Munzenberg
  • Hannover
  • Hatzfeld - Gleichen
  • Heilbronn
  • Helfenstein - Guldenfingen
  • Herford
  • Hesse - Cassel
  • Hesse - Darmstadt
  • Hessen
  • Hildesheim
  • Hohenlohe
  • Hohenlohe - Bartenstein
  • Hohenlohe - Bartenstein - Pfedelbach
  • Hohenlohe - Ingelfingen
  • Hohenlohe - Kirchberg
  • Hohenlohe - Langenburg
  • Hohenlohe - Neuenstein - Neuenstein
  • Hohenlohe - Neuenstein - Oehringen
  • Hohenlohe - Neuenstein - Weikersheim
  • Hohenlohe - Pfedelbach
  • Hohenlohe - Waldenburg - Schillingsfurst
  • Hohenlohe - Hechingen
  • Isenburg
  • Isny
  • Jagerndorf
  • Jever
  • Julich
  • Julich - Berg
  • Julich - Clever -Berg
  • Kaufbeuren
  • Kempten
  • Knyphausen
  • Konisgsegg - Rothenfels
  • Landau
  • Leiningen - Leiningen
  • Leutkirch
  • Lindau
  • Lippe - Detmold
  • Lorraine
  • Lowenstein - Werthheim - Rochefort
  • Lowenstein - Werthheim - Virneburg
  • Lubeck
  • Luneburg
  • Magdeburg
  • Mainz
  • Mansfeld - Artern
  • Mansfeld - Bornstedt
  • Mansfeld - Eigentliche - Hinterort
  • Mansfeld - Eisleben
  • Mansfeld - Friedeburg
  • Mark
  • Mecklenburg - Gustrow
  • Mecklenburg - Schwerin
  • Mecklenburg - Strelitz
  • Memmingen
  • Metz
  • Minden
  • Mompelgart
  • Montfort
  • Muhlhausen Thuringen
  • Munster
  • Munsterberg - Oels
  • Nassau
  • Nordhausen
  • Nurnberg
  • Oldenburg
  • Osnabruck
  • Ottingen - Ottingen
  • Paderborn
  • Passau
  • Pfalz - Birkenfeld - Zweibrucken
  • Pfalz - Simmern
  • Pfalz - Sulzbach
  • Pfalz - Veldenz
  • Pfalz - Zweibrucken
  • Pomerania
  • Prussia
  • Rantzau
  • Ratzeburg
  • Ravensberg
  • Regensburg
  • Reuss - Gera
  • Reuss - Obergreiz
  • Reuss - Rothenthal
  • Reuss Shleiz
  • Reuss - Untergreiz
  • Rhenish Confederation
  • Rietberg
  • Rostock
  • Rothenburg
  • Sachsen
  • Saint Alban
  • Salm - Dhaun
  • Salm - Kyrburg
  • Saxe - Altenburg
  • Saxe - Coburg
  • Saxe - Coburg - Gotha
  • Saxe - Coburg - Saalfeld
  • Saxe - Eisenach
  • Saxe - Eisenberg
  • Saxe - Goth - Eisenburg
  • Saxe - Hildburghausen
  • Saxe - Jena
  • Saxe - Lauenburg
  • Saxe - Meiningen
  • Saxe - New Gotha
  • Saxe - Old Gotha
  • Saxe - Weimar
  • Saxe - Middle Weimar
  • Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach
  • Saxony
  • Sayn - Altenkirchen
  • Sayn - Berleburg
  • Sayn - Wittgenstein - Hohnstein
  • Schaumburg - Lippe
  • Scaumburg - Pinneberg
  • Schleswig - Holstein
  • Schleswig - Holstein - Gottorp
  • Schleswig - Holstein - Norburg
  • Schleswig - Holstein - Ploen
  • Schleswig - Holstein - Sonberburg
  • Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt
  • Schwarzburg - Sonderhausen
  • Schwarzenberg
  • Schweinfurt
  • Silesia
  • Silesia - Liegnitz - Brieg
  • Solms - Braunfels
  • Solms - Heruletz
  • Solms - Laubach
  • Solm - Lich
  • Solms - Roedelheim
  • Speyer
  • Stolberg - Gedern
  • Stolberg - Rossla
  • Stolberg - Stolberg
  • Stolberg - Wernigerode
  • Stolberg - Wernigerode - Guedern
  • Stralsund
  • Strassburg
  • Swabian Circle
  • Teutonic Order
  • Thurn and Taxis
  • Trier
  • Ulm
  • Waldeck
  • Weldeck - Pyrmont
  • Wallmoden - Gimborn
  • Werden & Helmstaedt
  • Westphalia
  • Wied - Neuweid
  • Wismar
  • Wolfenbuttel
  • Wolgast
  • Worms
  • Wuerttemberg (Wurttemberg, Württemberg)
  • Wurtemberg - Oels
  • Wurzburg
Technical Specifications
DenominationDiameterWeightFinenessGold Content
20 Marks22.57.9650.900.2304
10 Marks19.53.9820.900.1152
5 Marks161.9910.900.0576

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USA Insured Shipping $20 per order

Quantity Rates for German Gold 20 Marks
We never have Bavarian 20 marks in quantity, only Prussia ones. Please see our Germany page.

Last Deutsche Mark - 2001
First Gold Euros of Germany 2002

Obverse of 1900 Bavaria 20 Marks
Obverse of 1900 Bavaria 20 Marks

Obverse of 1893 Hamburg 20 Marks
Obverse of 1893 Hamburg 20 Marks

Germany

Countries Index

Obverse of 1872 Prussian 20 Marks
Obverse of 1872 Prussian 20 Marks

Wilhelm II on Obverse of 1897 Wuerttemberg 20 Marks
Wilhelm II on Obverse of 1897 Wuerttemberg 20 Marks

 


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