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German euro coins have three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent coins were designed by Rolf Lederbogen [de], the design for the 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were designed by Reinhard Heinsdorff [de] and the 1- and 2-euro coins were done by Heinz Hoyer [de] and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer. Featured in all designs are the 12 stars of the EU and the year of minting.

In addition to the year, the German coins also feature a small letter as a mint mark indicating the particular mint that minted the coin.

The letters were assigned to the mints as they opened. The mints in Hannover (B), Frankfurt am Main (C), and Darmstadt (H) were closed by 1882. Vienna was allocated the letter (B) shortly after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 and it was in use until 1945. After the post-World War Two division of Germany, D, F, G and J minted coins for the Federal Republic of Germany, while the German Democratic Republic used Berlin (A) and Dresden/Muldenhütte (E) until it closed 1953. Berlin (A) started minting D Mark coins in 1990.

German euro design

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.

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€2 commemorative coins

Main article: €2 commemorative coins

German Bundesländer series I

Germany started the commemorative coin series Die 16 Bundesländer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (The 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 2006, to continue until 2021. The year in which the coin for a specific state is issued coincides with that state's Presidency of the Bundesrat.[1] In 2018, Daniel Günther, the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, became the President of the Bundesrat for a one-year term. As a Schleswig-Holstein coin had already been minted in 2006, it was decided to delay the release of the following three states' coins by a year. Instead of honouring a state in 2019, the minted coin commemorates 70 years since the constitution of the German Federal Council or Bundesrat. The last three coins of the series were therefore postponed to 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. The coins issued are:

Year Number State Design Volume
2006 1 Template:Country data Schleswig-Holstein Holstentor in Lübeck 30 million
2007 2 Template:Country data Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin Castle 30 million
2008 3 Template:Country data Hamburg St. Michael's Church 30 million
2009 4 Template:Country data Saarland Ludwigskirche in Saarbrücken 30 million
2010 5 Template:Country data Bremen City Hall and Roland 30 million
2011 6 Template:Country data North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Cathedral 30 million
2012 7 Template:Country data Bavaria Neuschwanstein Castle near Füssen 30 million
2013 8 Template:Country data Baden-Württemberg Maulbronn Abbey 30 million
2014 9 Template:Country data Lower Saxony St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim 30 million
2015 10 Template:Country data Hesse St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main 30 million
2016 11 Template:Country data Saxony Zwinger Palace in Dresden 30 million
2017 12 Template:Country data Rhineland-Palatinate Porta Nigra in Trier
2018 13 Template:Country data Berlin Charlottenburg Palace
2020 14 Template:Country data Brandenburg Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam
2021 15 Template:Country data Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburg Cathedral
2022 16 Template:Country data Thuringia Wartburg Castle in Eisenach

The original designs for these states were changed and were as follows:[1]

German Bundesländer series II

Year Number State Design Volume
2023 1 Template:Country data Hamburg Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg
2024 2 Template:Country data Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Königsstuhl in Jasmund National Park
2025 3 Template:Country data Saarland The Great Bend in the Saar at Mettlach
2026 4 Template:Country data Bremen Museum of Climatic Zones in Bremerhaven
2027 5 Template:Country data North Rhine-Westphalia
2028 6 Template:Country data Bavaria
2029 7 Template:Country data Baden-Württemberg
2030 8 Template:Country data Lower Saxony
2031 9 Template:Country data Hesse
2032 10 Template:Country data Saxony
2033 11 Template:Country data Rhineland-Palatinate
2034 12 Template:Country data Berlin
2035 13 Template:Country data Schleswig-Holstein
2036 14 Template:Country data Brandenburg
2037 15 Template:Country data Saxony-Anhalt
2038 16 Template:Country data Thuringia

Unity, Justice and Freedom series

In 2025, the German government decided to mint a €2 commemorative coin entitled “35 years of German unity”. The coin marks the start of a series entitled “Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit” (“Unity and justice and freedom”). As the series continues, one €2 commemorative coin honouring politicians whose actions particularly shaped the history of the Federal Republic of Germany will be issued each year.[2]

Year Number Subject Volume
2025 1 35 years of German unity

Others

File:German 2 euro coin (ten year anniversary commemorative coin).jpg
commemorative 2 euro coin of the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the euro, issued in 2012 in Germany

As of 2025, Germany has issued thirteen other €2 commemorative coins in addition to those of the series:

Year Subject Volume Note
2007 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome 30 million commonly issued coin
2009 10th anniversary of the creation of the European Monetary Union 30 million commonly issued coin
2012 10th anniversary of the introduction of the euro 30 million commonly issued coin
2013 50th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Treaty 11 million joint issue with France
2015 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany 30 million
2015 30th anniversary of the flag of Europe being adopted as the flag of the European Union 30 million commonly issued coin
2018 100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Schmidt
2019 70 years since the constitution of the Federal Council
2019 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall joint issue with France
2020 50th anniversary of the Kniefall von Warschau
2022 35th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme commonly issued coin
2023 1275th anniversary of the birth of Charlemagne
2024 175th anniversary of the Constitution of St. Paul's Church

Circulating mintage quantities

The following table shows the mintage quantity for all German euro coins, per denomination, per year (the numbers are represented in millions).[3]

Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00
2002 A 800.0 360.0 480.0 696.1 378.1 337.7 367.9 238.9
2002 D 840.0 483.0 504.0 722.0 367.0 370.2 372.6 238.9
2002 F 960.0 507.8 576.0 838.8 421.6 430.5 439.8 281.1
2002 G 560.0 311.8 336.0 494.3 251.9 256.6 266.4 182.0
2002 J 840.0 419.4 504.0 758.6 441.0 401.4 372.3 257.8
2002 Total 4,840.0 2,501.4 2,904.0 4,268.4 2,300.5 2,156.9 2,186.9 1,448.0
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00
2003 A s 200.0 s 50.7 41.9 s 50.3 20.5
2003 D s 105.0 s 50.8 24.1 70.6 s 22.2
2003 F s 164.2 s 6.0 82.4 s s 24.5
2003 G s 80.2 s 13.0 42.1 s s 29.1
2003 J s 168.6 s 25.5 s 39.6 29.9 19.5
2003 Total s 718.0 s 146.0 190.5 110.2 80.2 115.8
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00
2004 A 280.0 127.0 112.0 s s 82.3 21.9 31.6
2004 D 294.0 133.4 117.6 11.2 49.8 s 89.3 19.8
2004 F 336.0 152.4 134.4 51.4 s 73.5 88.2 s
2004 G 196.0 88.9 78.4 15.5 s 37.4 41.7 s
2004 J 294.0 133.4 117.6 s s s s 22.5
2004 Total 1,400.0 635.1 560.0 78.1 49.8 193.2 241.1 73.9
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00
2005 A 120.0 73.0 44.0 s 8.0 s s s
2005 D 126.0 76.7 46.2 s 8.4 s s s
2005 F 144.0 87.6 52.8 s 9.6 s s s
2005 G 84.0 51.1 30.8 s 5.6 s s s
2005 J 126.0 76.7 46.2 s 8.4 s 59.8 s
2005 Total 600.0 365.1 220.0 s 40.0 s 59.8 s
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2006 A s 108.0 27.0 s 39.0 s s s 6.0
2006 D s 113.4 28.4 s 41.0 s s s 6.3
2006 F s 129.6 32.4 s 46.8 s s s 7.2
2006 G s 75.6 18.9 s 27.3 s s s 4.2
2006 J s 148.4 28.4 s 41.0 s s s 6.3
2006 Total s 575.0 135.1 s 195.1 s s s 30.0
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC1 €2.00 CC2
2007 A 119.4 100.0 52.4 s 21.6 s s N/A 1.04 1.0
2007 D 125.4 105.0 55.0 s 22.7 s s N/A 11.84 14.50
2007 F 143.3 120.0 62.9 s 25.9 s s N/A 11.85 8.00
2007 G 83.6 70.0 36.7 s 15.1 s s N/A 4.2 5.0
2007 J 125.4 105.0 55.0 s 22.9 s s N/A 1.07 1.50
2007 Total 597.1 500.0 262.0 s 108.2 s s N/A 30.0 30.0

— No coins were minted that year for that denomination
s Small quantities minted for sets only

Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2008 A 101.2 80.0 29.2 s 15.8 s s 11.4 1.0
2008 D 106.3 84.0 30.7 s 16.6 s s 11.99 8.9
2008 F 121.4 96.0 35.0 s 19.0 s s 13.7 9.6
2008 G 70.8 56.0 20.4 s 11.1 s s 8.0 4.2
2008 J 106.3 84.0 30.7 s 16.3 s s 12.0 6.3
2008 Total 506.0 400.0 146.0 s 78.8 s s 56.9 30.0
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC1 €2.00 CC2
2009 A 100.0 59.0 39.6 s 21.6 s s N/A 6.0 6.0
2009 D 105.0 62.0 41.6 s 22.7 s s N/A 6.3 6.3
2009 F 120.0 70.8 47.5 s 25.9 s s N/A 7.2 7.2
2009 G 70.0 41.3 27.7 s 15.1 s s N/A 4.2 4.2
2009 J 105.0 62.0 41.6 s 22.7 s s N/A 6.3 6.3
2009 Total 500.0 295.1 198.0 s 108.0 s s N/A 30.0 30.0

— No coins were minted that year for that denomination
s Small quantities minted for sets only

Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2010 A 94.4 72.8 39.8 s 24.4 s s 19.6 6.0
2010 D 99.1 76.4 41.8 s 25.6 s s 20.6 6.3
2010 F 113.3 87.4 47.8 s 29.3 s s 23.5 7.2
2010 G 66.1 51.0 27.9 s 17.1 s s 13.7 4.2
2010 J 99.1 76.4 41.8 s 25.6 s s 20.6 6.3
2010 Total 472.0 364.0 199.1 s 122.0 s s 98.0 30.0
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2011 A 118.4 100.4 59.2 s 33.0 s s 23.8 6.0
2011 D 124.3 105.4 62.2 s 34.7 s s 24.98 6.30
2011 F 142.1 120.5 71.0 s 39.6 s s 27.52 7.2
2011 G 82.9 70.3 41.4 s 23.1 s s 17.46 4.2
2011 J 124.3 105.4 62.2 s 34.7 s s 24.98 6.3
2011 Total 592.0 502.0 296.0 s 165.1 s s 118.9 30.0
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC1 €2.00 CC2
2012 A 104.20 77.40 41.80 s 21.20 s s N/A 6.00 6.00
2012 D 109.41 81.26 43.89 s 22.26 s s N/A 6.30 6.30
2012 F 125.04 92.88 50.16 s 25.44 s s N/A 7.20 7.20
2012 G 72.94 54.18 29.26 s 14.84 s s N/A 4.20 4.20
2012 J 109.41 81.31 43.89 s 22.26 s s N/A 6.30 6.30
2012 Total 521.00 387.00 209.00 s 106.00 s s N/A 30.00 30.00

— No coins were minted that year for that denomination
s Small quantities minted for sets only

Source:[4]
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC1 €2.00 CC2
2013 A 60,00 60,00 32,00 s 16,00 s s N/A 6,00 2.20
2013 D 63.00 63.00 33.60 s 16.80 s s N/A 6.30 2.31
2013 F 72.00 72.00 38.40 s 19.20 s s N/A 7.20 2.64
2013 G 42.00 42.00 22.40 s 11.20 s s N/A 4.20 1.54
2013 J 63.00 63.00 33.60 s 16.80 s s N/A 6.30 2.31
2013 Total 300.00 300.00 160.00 s 80.00 s s N/A 30.00 11.00

— No coins were minted that year for that denomination
s Small quantities minted for sets only

Source:[4]
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2014 A 66.00 61.80 32.00 s 19.20 s s 5.60 6.00
2014 D 69.30 64.89 33.60 s 20.16 s s 5.88 6.30
2014 F 79.20 74.16 38.40 s 23.04 s s 6.72 7.20
2014 G 46.20 42.26 22.40 s 13.44 s s 3.92 4.20
2014 J 69.30 64.89 33.60 s 20.16 s s 5.88 6.30
2014 Total 330.00 309.00 160.00 s 96.00 s s 28.00 30.00
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Source:[4]
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC1 €2.00 CC2 €2.00 CC3
2015 A 86.20 76.00 32.80 s 20.80 s s N/A 6.00 6.00 6.00
2015 D 90.51 79.80 34.44 s 23.94 s s N/A 6.30 6.30 6.30
2015 F 102.44 91.20 39.36 s 27.36 s s N/A 7.20 7.20 7.20
2015 G 60.34 53.20 22.96 s 15.96 s s N/A 4.20 4.20 4.20
2015 J 90.51 79.80 34.44 s 23.94 s s N/A 6.30 6.30 6.30
2015 Total 431.00 380.00 164.00 s 114.00 s s N/A 30.00 30.00 30.00

— No coins were minted that year for that denomination
s Small quantities minted for sets only

Source:[4]
Face Value €0.01 €0.02 €0.05 €0.10 €0.20 €0.50 €1.00 €2.00 €2.00 CC
2016 A 116.60 101.40 49.20 s 38.40 s s 14.20 6.00
2016 D 122.43 106.47 51.66 s 40.32 s s 14.91 6.30
2016 F 139.92 121.68 59.04 s 46.08 s s 17.04 7.20
2016 G 81.62 70.98 34.44 s 26.88 s s 9.94 4.20
2016 J 122.43 106.47 51.66 s 40.32 s s 14.91 6.30
2016 Total 583.00 507.00 246.00 s 192.00 s s 71.00 30.00
s Small quantities minted for sets only
Source:[4]

Other commemorative coins (collectors' coins)

Main article: Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Germany)
See also: Euro gold and silver commemorative coins

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Euro – FAQ: Bundesländer Series". 7 April 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
  2. ↑ 2025 – 35 years of German unity
  3. ↑ "Circulating Mintage quantities". Henning Agt. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Vom Bundesministerium der Finanzen erteilte Aufträge zur Prägung von Euro-Umlaufmünzen" (PDF). Deutsche Bundesbank Zentralbereich Bargeld. 27 November 2018.

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