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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
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Wuerttemberg (Wurttemberg, Württemberg)
- Wurtemberg - Oels
- Wurzburg
Technical Specifications
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Denomination | Diameter | Weight | Fineness | Gold Content
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20 Marks | 22.5 | 7.9650 | .900 | .2304
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10 Marks | 19.5 | 3.9820 | .900 | .1152
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5 Marks | 16 | 1.9910 | .900 | .0576
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Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £6 per order
EU Insured Post £10 per order
USA Airmail $10 per order
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
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Obverse of 1893 Hamburg 20 Marks
Countries Index
Reverse of Bavarian 20 Marks of 1872
Reverse of Wuerttemburg 1897 20 Marks
World Gold Coins
Reverse of Wuerttemburg 1897 20 Marks
Obverse of German 1897 20 Marks
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