Germany 5 Mark coins catalog

 

German Empire (1871-1918)

coin German Empire 5 mark 1874
5 mark 1874-1876

1874, 1875, 1876
silver
FUNF MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1874
WILHELM DEUTSCHER KAISER KONIG V PREUSSEN
Value - $50-70

 

coin German Empire 5 mark 1888
5 mark 1888

silver
FUNF MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1888
FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER KONIG V PREUSSEN
Value - $100-120

 

coin German Empire 5 mark 1907
5 mark 1891-1908

1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1907
silver
circulation coinage
FUNF MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1907
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KONIG V PREUSSEN
Value - $100-150

 

coin German Empire 5 mark 1913
5 mark 1913-1914

silver
circulation coinage
FUNF MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1913
WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KONIG VON PREUSSEN
Value - $40-60

 

 

coin German Empire 5 mark 1901
5 mark 1901

silver
commemorative coin
200th Anniversary of Kingdom
FUNF MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1901
FRIEDRICH I 1701 WILHELM II 1901 / Two conjoined busts left
Value - $100-120

 

 

Third Reich (1933-1945)

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1935
5 mark 1935 (1934-1935)

silver
circulation coinage
5 REICHSMARK / DEUTSCHES REICH / 1935
Potsdam Garrison Church
Value - $8-12

 

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1936
5 mark 1936 (1935-1936)

silver
circulation coinage
REICHS 5 MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH / 1936
PAUL VON HINDENBURG / 1847-1934
Value - $8-12

 

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1937
5 mark 1937 (1936-1939)

1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
silver
circulation coinage
5 REICHS MARK / DEUTSCHES REICH 1937
PAUL VON HINDENBURG / 1847-1934
Value - $7-10

 

 

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1933
5 mark 1933

silver
commemorative coin
450 years since the birth of Martin Luther (theologian)
5 REICHSMARK / DEUTSCHES REICH / Eagle
MARTIN LUTHER 1483-1933 / Head left
Value - $150-170

 

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1934
5 mark 1934

silver
commemorative coin
175 years since the birth of Friedrich Schiller (poet)
5 REICHSMARK / DEUTSCHES REICH / Eagle
FRIEDRICH SCILLER 1759-1934 / Head left
Value - $300-350

 

coin Nazi Germany 5 mark 1934
5 mark 1934

silver
commemorative coin
First Anniversary of Nazi Rule
5 REICHSMARK / DEUTSCHES REICH / 1934
21 MARZ 1933
Value - $20-40

 

 

German Democratic Republic - GDR (1949-1990)

coin East Germany 5 mark 1969
5 mark 1969

nickel-bronze
20th Anniversary of GDR
1969 5 MARK / XX JAHRE DDR / Denomination
DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
Value - $1-2

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1987
5 mark 1987

copper-nickel
Berlin - Red City Hall
1987 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
BERLIN / ROTES RATHAUS / City hall building
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1987
5 mark 1987

copper-nickel
Berlin - Alexanderplatz
1987 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ / World Clock on Alexanderplatz
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1988
5 mark 1988

copper-nickel
Port City of Rostock
1988 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
ROSTOCK / UBERSEEHAFEN / Ships in port
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1988
5 mark 1988

copper-nickel
Germany’s First Railroad
1988 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
SAXONIA / ERSTE DEUTSCHE FERNEISENBAHN / Train engine
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1989
5 mark 1989

copper-nickel
Katharinen Kirche in Zwickau
1989 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
KATHARINEN KIRCHE ZWICKAU / Church
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1990
5 mark 1990

copper-nickel
500th Anniversary of Postal Service
1990 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
500 YAHRE POSTWESEN / Postal carriage
Value - $5-6

 

coin East Germany 5 mark 1990
5 mark 1990

copper-nickel
Zeughaus Museum in Berlin
1990 5 MARK / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK / State emblem
MUSEUM FUR DEUTSCHE GESCHICHTE / ZEUGHAUS / BERLIN / Museum building
Value - $5-6

 

 

Federal Republic of Germany (BRD)

coin Germany 5 mark 1968
5 mark 1968

silver
500 Years from Death of Johannes Gutenberg (the first in Europe began to use printing press)
JOHANNES GUTENBERG 1468 / Bust 3/4 right
DEUTSCHE 5 MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1968 / Eagle
Value - $7-8

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1971
5 mark 1971

silver
500 years since the birth of Albrecht Dürer (painter)
A D / ALBRECHT DURER 1471 1528 / Eagle
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1971 / Monogram
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1973
5 mark 1973

silver
125th Anniversary of Frankfurt Parliament
5 / DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1973 / Eagle
FRANKFURTERNATIONALVERSAMMLUNG / 1848 / Parliament building
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1974
5 mark 1974

silver
25th Anniversary of Constitutional Low
25 JAHRE GRUNDGESETZ DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1974 / 1949 / Symbol of the 11 countries forming the Federal Republic
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1974 / Eagle
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1974
5 mark 1974

silver
250 years since the birth of Emmanuel Kant (philosopher)
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1974 / Eagle
1724 1804 IMMANUEL KANT / Bust to the right above the autograph
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1975
5 mark 1975

silver
European Monument Protection Year
EUROPAISCHES DENKMALSCHUTZJAHR 1975 / Patterned designs and two line inscription
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1974 / Eagle
Value - $5-6

 

coin BRD 5 mark 1975
5 mark 1975

silver
50 Years from death of Friedrich Ebert (president of Weimar Republic in 1919-1925)
DEUTSCHE5 MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1975 / Eagle
FRIEDRICH EBERT 1871-1925 / Head left
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1976
5 mark 1976

silver
300 Years from Death of Grimmelshausen (writer)
HANS JACOB CHRISTOPH VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN / 1621-1676 / Mythic figure with book left
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1976 / Eagle
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1977
5 mark 1977

silver
200 years since the birth of Heinrich Kleist (poet)
5 DEUTSCHE MARK 1977 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
HENRICH VON KLEIST / 1777-1871 / Bust 3/4 left
Value - $5-6

 

 

coin Germany BRD 5 mark 1977 Gauss
5 mark 1977

silver
200 years since the birth of Carl Friedrich Gauss (mathematician and physicist)
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1977 / Eagle
CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 1777-1855 / Head 3/4 facing
Value - $5-6

 

coin BRD 5 mark 1978
5 mark 1978

silver
100 years since the birth of Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor of Weimar Republic in 1923)
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1978 / Eagle
1878-1929GUSTAV STRESEMANN / Head left
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany BRD 5 mark 1979 Archeological Institute
5 mark 1979

silver
150th Anniversary of German Archeological Institute
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 5 DEUTSCHE MARK 1979 / Eagle
150 JAHRE DEUTSCHES ARCHAOLOGISCHES INSTITUT 1829-1979 / Winged lion with amphora
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1979 Otto Hanh
5 mark 1979

copper-nickel clad nickel
100 years since the birth of Otto Hahn (chemist)
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHE MARK 1979 5 / Eagle
OTTO HAHN 1879-1968 / Symbols of Hahn’s studies in chemistry
Value - $5-6

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1980
5 mark 1980

copper-nickel clad nickel
Cologne Cathedral - 100th Anniversary of completion of construction
DEUTSCHE 5 MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
DER KOLNER DOM 100 JAHRE VOLLENВET / 1880 1980 / Cathedral
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany 5 mark 1982
5 mark 1982

copper-nickel clad nickel
150th Years from Death of Goethe (poet)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE / 1749-1832 / Head right
DEUTSCHE 5 MARK 1982 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1982
5 mark 1982

copper-nickel clad nickel
10th Anniversary of U.N. Environmental Conference
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1982 / Eagle
UMWELTKONFERENZ DER VEREINTEN NATIONEN 1972 / Stylized figure in center of design
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1983
5 mark 1983

copper-nickel clad nickel
500th Anniversary - Birth of Martin Luther
51983 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
MARTIN LUTHER 1483-1546 / Inscription covers head 3/4 right
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1983
5 mark 1983

copper-nickel clad nickel
100th Years from Death of Karl Marx (philosopher, economist)
5 DEUTSCHE MARK 1983 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
KARL MARX / 1818-1883 / Head 3/4 facing
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1985
5 mark 1985

copper-nickel clad nickel
European Year of Music
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / 1985 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle in the circle
1985 EUROPAISCHES JAHR DER MUSIK / Circle at left holds stars and outline of face in harp, music notes at right
Value - $4-5

 

coin Germany BDR 5 mark 1986
5 mark 1986

copper-nickel clad nickel
200 Years from the Death of Frederick the Great
5 DEUTSCHE MARK 1986 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE / 1712 1786 / Uniformed bust left
Value - $4-5