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100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German gold mark (plural: gold mark) [???] (1873-1914)
100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German Papiermark (plural: Papiermark) [???] (1914-1923)
100 rentenpfennig (single: rentenpfennig) = 1 German rentenmark (plural: rentenmark) [???] (1923-1924)
100 reichspfennig (single: reichspfennig) = 1 German reichsmark (plural: reichsmark) [???] (1924-1948)
100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German mark (plural: mark) [DEM] (1948-2002)
100 cents (single: cent) = 1 euro (plural: euro) [EUR] (since 2002)
Symbols: ℛℳ (reichsmark), ℳ (gold mark, Papiermark), rpf (reichspfennig)
Unofficial motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Freedom)
Languages on coins: German
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian
100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German gold mark (plural: gold mark) [???] (1873-1914)
100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German Papiermark (plural: Papiermark) [???] (1914-1923)
100 rentenpfennig (single: rentenpfennig) = 1 German rentenmark (plural: rentenmark) [???] (1923-1924)
100 reichspfennig (single: reichspfennig) = 1 German reichsmark (plural: reichsmark) [???] (1924-1948)
100 pfennig (single: pfennig) = 1 German mark (plural: mark) [DEM] (1948-2002)
100 cents (single: cent) = 1 euro (plural: euro) [EUR] (since 2002)
Symbols: ℛℳ (reichsmark), ℳ (gold mark, Papiermark), rpf (reichspfennig)
Unofficial motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Freedom)
Languages on coins: German
Alphabets on coins: Latin
Numerals on coins: Western Arabic
Calendars on coins: Gregorian
Mint Marks
Staatliche Münze Berlin, Berlin (DEU), Capital letter "A" |
?, Vienna (AUT), capital letter "B" |
Hamburgische Münze, Hamburg (DEU), Capital letter "J" |
Designer Marks
Heinz Hoyer (DEU): "HH" |
Giorgos Stamatopoulos (GRC): Greek capital letters gamma and sigma, "ΓΣ" |
National identification and other marks
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms of the German Empire used from 1871-1888 consists of an escutcheon decorated with an eagle with spread wings and talons and a single head (as opposed to earlier effigies). The eagle is wearing the crown of Charlemagne and a chain and it holds another escutcheon decorated with, again, an eagle with spread wings and talons and a single head (referring to Prussia). This eagle holds an imperial apple and a sceptre in its talons and wears a crown. The escutcheon held by this eagle is quartered with no further decoration (the arms of Hohenzollern).
This coat of arms already appears on earlier coins.
This coat of arms already appears on earlier coins.
The coat of arms of Germany as of 1950 shows a eagle (Bundesadler) with spread wings and talons, open beak and with a single head facing to the right.
State emblem
The state emblem of Nazi Germany (Reichsadler) from 1933 to 1945 shows a swastika in a wreath held by an eagle with wings spread.