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Federal Republic of Germany (BRD)
Mark=100 pfennig
10 mark 1972
silver
commemorative coin
XX Olympic Games in Munich
SPIELE DER XX OLYMPIADE MUNCHEN / 1972 / Olympic Flame, spiral symbol above, rings
10 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Coin value - $8-10
10 mark 1989
silver
commemorative coin
40th Anniversary of Republic
10 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1989 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1949-1989 / Eleven shields form a circle
Coin value - $10-12
10 mark 1990
silver
commemorative coin
800th Years from Death of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa
10 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1990 / Eagle
KAISER FRIEDRICH I BARBAROSSA / 1122 1190 / Crowned figure with royal orb and scepter rising above castle walls
Coin value - $10-12
10 mark 1990
silver
commemorative coin
800th Anniversary of the Teutonic Order
800 JAHRE DEUTSCHER ORDEN 1190-1990 / Wrinkled page with Madonna and child pictured, shield upper left
DEUTSCHE 10 MARK 1990 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Coin value - $10-12
10 mark 1999
silver
commemorative coin
Weimar - European Capital of Culture 1999 and 250th Years of J.W. von Goethe
10 DEUTSCHE MARK 1999 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
GOETHE / WEIMAR-KULTURSTADT EUROPAS / CRANACH SCHILLER HERDER WIELAND HOFFMANN VON FALLERSLEBEN ANDERSEN BACH LIZST STRAUSS CROPIUS VAN DE VELDE KANDINSKY KLEE / Bust at left facing inscribed field right
Coin value - $12-14
10 mark 2000
silver
commemorative coin
1200th Anniversary Founding of the Church in Aachen by Charlemagne
10 DEUTSCHE MARK 2000 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
1200 JAHRE / KAISER KARL DER GROSSE DOM ZU AACHEN / Charlemagne handing church model to Madonna and child
Coin value - $12-14
5 mark 1966 (1951-1974)
silver
circulating coinage
5 / DEUTSCHE MARK 1966 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
Eagle
Coin value - $6-8
5 mark 1990 (1975-2001)
copper-nickel
circulating coinage
5 / DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Denomination within rounded square
1990 / Eagle
Coin value - $3-4
5 mark 1968
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $7-8
5 mark 1971
silver
commemorative coin
500 years since the birth of Albrecht Dürer (painter)
A D / ALBRECHT DURER 1471 1528 / Eagle
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1971 / Monogram
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1973
silver
commemorative coin
125th Anniversary of Frankfurt Parliament
5 / DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1973 / Eagle
FRANKFURTERNATIONALVERSAMMLUNG / 1848 / Parliament building
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1974
silver
commemorative coin
25th Anniversary of Constitutional Low
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1974 / Eagle
25 JAHRE GRUNDGESETZ DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1974 / 1949 / Symbol of the 11 countries forming the Federal Republic
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1974
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1975
silver
commemorative coin
European Monument Protection Year
EUROPAISCHES DENKMALSCHUTZJAHR 1975 / Patterned designs and two line inscription
5 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1974 / Eagle
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1975
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1976
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1977
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1977
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1978
silver
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1979
silver
commemorative coin
150th Anniversary of German Archeological Institute
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 5 DEUTSCHE MARK 1979 / Eagle
150 JAHRE DEUTSCHES ARCHAOLOGISCHES INSTITUT 1829-1979 / Winged lion with amphora
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1979
copper-nickel clad nickel
commemorative coin
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
Coin value - $5-6
5 mark 1980
copper-nickel clad nickel
commemorative coin
Cologne Cathedral - 100th Anniversary of completion of construction
DEUTSCHE 5 MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
DER KOLNER DOM 100 JAHRE VOLLENВET / 1880 1980 / Cathedral
Coin value - $4-5
5 mark 1982
copper-nickel clad nickel
commemorative coin
150th Years from Death of Goethe (poet)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE / 1749-1832 / Head right
DEUTSCHE 5 MARK 1982 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Coin value - $4-5
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
Coin value - $4-5
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
Coin value - $4-5
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
Coin value - $4-5
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
Coin value - $4-5
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
Coin value - $4-5
2 mark 1951
copper-nickel
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / 1951 / Denomination flanked by leaves, grapes, and grain sprigs
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Coin value - $13-15
2 mark 1958 (1957-1971)
copper-nickel
Max Planck
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1958 / Eagle
MAX PLANCK / 1858-1947/ Head left
Coin value - $3-4
2 mark 1969 (1969-1987)
copper-nickel
Konrad Adenauer
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1969 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1949-1969/ Head left
Coin value - $1-2
2 mark 1975 (1970-1987)
copper-nickel clad nickel
Theodor Heuss
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1975 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1949-1969 1949-1969 1949-1969/ Head left
Coin value - $1-2
2 mark 1990 (1979-1993)
copper-nickel clad nickel
Kurt Schumacher
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1990 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1949-1979/ Head 3/4 left
Coin value - $1-2
2 mark 1990 (1988-2001)
copper-nickel clad nickel
Ludwig Erhard
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1990 / Eagle
DEUTSCHE MARK / 1948-1988/ Head facing
Coin value - $1-2
2 mark 1992 (1990-2001)
copper-nickel clad nickel
Franz Joseph Strauss
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1992 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1949-1989/ Head left
Coin value - $3-4
2 mark 1994 (1994-2001)
copper-nickel clad nickel
Willy Brandt
2 DEUTSCHE MARK / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1994 / Eagle
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1949-1994/ Head facing
Coin value - $2-3
1 mark 1984 (1950-2001)
copper-nickel
1 DEUTSCHE MARK 1984 / Denomination flanked by oak leaves
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Eagle
Coin value - <$1
50 pfennig 1949 (1949-1950)
copper-nickel
50 PFENNIG / BANK DEUTSCHER LANDER / Denomination
1949 / Woman planting an oak seedling
Coin value - ~$1
50 pfennig 1990 (1950-2001)
copper-nickel
50 PFENNIG / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / Denomination
1990 / Woman planting an oak seedling
Coin value - <$1
10 pfennig 1949
brass plated steel
10 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BANK DEUTSCHER LANDER 1949 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
10 pfennig 1989 (1950-2001)
brass plated steel
10 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1989 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
5 pfennig 1949
brass plated steel
5 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BANK DEUTSCHER LANDER 1949 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - ~$1
5 pfennig 1990 (1950-2001)
brass plated steel
5 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1990 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
2 pfennig 1966 (1950-1968)
bronze
2 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1966 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
2 pfennig 1989 (1968-2001)
copper plated steel
2 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1990 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
1 pfennig 1948 (1948-1949)
copper plated steel
1 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BANK DEUTSCHER LANDER 1948 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - ~1
1 pfennig 1977 (1950-2001)
copper plated steel
1 PFENNIG / Two ears above value
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND / 1977 / Five oak leaves
Coin value - <$1
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