Editing Deutsche Mark (section)

==Coins==
The first Deutsche Mark coins were issued by the {{lang|de|[[Bank deutscher Länder]]}} in 1948 and 1949. From 1950, the inscription {{lang|de|Bundesrepublik Deutschland}} (Federal Republic of Germany) appeared on the coins. These coins were issued in denominations of 1pf, 2pf, 5pf, 10pf, and 50pf. The 1pf and 2pf coins were struck in bronze clad steel (although during some years the 2pf was issued in solid bronze) while 5pf and 10pf were brass clad steel and the 50-pfennig was in [[cupronickel]]. In 1950, cupronickel DM1 coins were released, while a cupronickel DM2 and a .625 silver DM5 were released in 1951. Cupronickel replaced silver in the DM5 in 1975. The DM2 and DM5 coins have often been used for commemorative themes, though typically only the generic design for the DM5 is intended for circulation. Commemorative silver DM10 coins have also been issued which have periodically found their way into circulation. Unlike other European countries, Germany retained the use of the smallest coins (1pf and 2pf) until adoption of the euro.
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! colspan=10 | Coins of the Deutsche Mark<ref name="bundesbank_coins">{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesbank.de/en/tasks/cash-management/dm-banknotes-and-coins/-/dm-coins-intended-for-circulation-623716 |title=Deutsche Mark coins - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |year=2021 |publisher=[[Deutsche Bundesbank]] (FAQ) |access-date=2 June 2021 }}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Image
! rowspan=2 | Value
! colspan=4 | Technical parameters
! colspan=3 | Description
! rowspan=2 | Issued<br/>from
|-
! Diameter<br/>(mm)
! Mass<br/>(g)
! colspan=2 | Composition
! Edge
! Obverse<ref name="bbank robverse">{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesbank.de/bibliothek/bibliothek_sammlung_bildarchiv_mbrd.en.php|title=Coins of the Federal Republic of Germany|work=Coin and banknote collection|access-date=2 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708095434/http://www.bundesbank.de/bibliothek/bibliothek_sammlung_bildarchiv_mbrd.en.php|archive-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>
! Reverse
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=2 | 1 pf
| rowspan=2 align=center | 16.5
| rowspan=2 align=center | 2.00
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#e0954f;"|
| [[Bronze]]-plated<br/>[[steel]]
| rowspan=6 | Smooth
| rowspan=6 | Rye stalks; value
| rowspan=6 | Oak branch; lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'';<br/>value
| 1948–1949
|-
| [[Copper]]-plated<br/>[[steel]]
| 1950–2001
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=2 | 2 pf
| rowspan=2 align=center | 19.25
| align=center | 3.25
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#e0954f;"|
| [[Bronze]]
| 1949–1968
|-
| align=center | 2.90
| [[Copper]]-plated<br/>[[steel]]
| 1968–2001
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| 5 pf
| align=center | 18.50
| align=center | 3.00
| style="background-color:#ffe550;"|
| rowspan=2 | [[Brass]]-plated<br/>[[steel]]
| 1949–2001
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| 10 pf
| align=center | 21.50
| align=center | 4.00
| style="background-color:#ffe550;"|
| 1949–2001
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=2 | 50 pf
| rowspan=2 align=center | 20.00
| rowspan=2 align=center | 3.50
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"|
| rowspan=5 | [[Cupronickel]]
| Reeded
| rowspan=2 | Value; lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland''
| rowspan=2 | Sower with an oak seedling<ref>The sculptor Richard Martin Werner designed the woman relief after his wife [[:de:Gerda Johanna Werner|Gerda Johanna Werner]] {{in lang|de}}.</ref>
| 1949–1971
|-
| Smooth
| 1972–2001
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| DM&nbsp;1
| align=center | 23.50
| align=center | 5.50
| style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"|
| Ornamental
| Oak leaves;<br/>value; year of issue
| rowspan=2 | [[German eagle]]; lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland''
| 1950–2001
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=8 | DM&nbsp;2
| align=center | 25.50
| rowspan=8 align=center | 7.00
| rowspan=8 style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"|
| rowspan=9 | Lettering:<br/>{{small|EINIGKEIT UND<br/>RECHT UND<br/>FREIHEIT}};<br/> oak leaves
| Rye stalks and grapes; value
| 1951–1956
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=7 align=center | 26.75
| [[Max Planck]]
| rowspan=7 | [[German eagle]]; value;<br/>year of issue; lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland''
| 1957–1971
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=6 | [[:de:Magnimat|Magnimat]]:<br/>{{small|[[Cupronickel]]-<br/>plated [[nickel]]}}
| [[Konrad Adenauer]]
| 1969–1987
|-
| [[Theodor Heuss]]
| 1970–1987
|-
| [[Kurt Schumacher]]
| 1979–1993
|-
| [[Ludwig Erhard]]
| 1988–2001
|-
| [[Franz Josef Strauss]]
| 1990–2001
|-
| [[Willy Brandt]]
| 1994–2001
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| rowspan=2 | DM&nbsp;5
| rowspan=2 align=center | 29.00
| align=center | 11.20
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:#dcdcdc;"|
| [[Silver]]: 62.5%<br/>[[Copper]]: 37.5%
| Value; year of issue;<br/>lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland''
| [[German eagle]]
| 1951–1974
|-
| style="text-align:center" | {{r|bundesbank_coins}}
| align=center | 10.00
| [[:de:Magnimat|Magnimat]]:<br/>{{small|[[Cupronickel]]-<br/>plated [[nickel]]}}
| Lettering:<br/>{{small|EINIGKEIT UND<br/>RECHT UND<br/>FREIHEIT}};<br/> eagles
| Value; lettering:<br/>''Bundesrepublik Deutschland''
| [[German eagle]]; year of issue
| 1975–2001
|-
|}

Unlike other countries (such as Australia) there was no attempt or proposal suggested for the withdrawal of the 1pf and 2pf coins. Both coins were still in circulation in 2001 and supermarkets in particular still marked prices to the nearest pfennig. This penchant for accuracy continues with the euro (while [[Finland]] or the [[Netherlands]] for example, price to the nearest 5 cents) with the 1-cent coin still encountered in Germany.

There were a considerable number of [[coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany|commemorative silver DM&nbsp;5 and DM&nbsp;10 coins]], which actually had the status of [[legal tender]] but were rarely seen outside of collectors' circles.

[[File:Deutsche Mark(Gold-2001).jpg|thumb|Obverse view of the 2001 special gold issue of the DM1 coin]]
On 27 December 2000, the German government enacted a law authorizing the {{lang|de|Bundesbank|italic=no}} to issue, in 2001, a special .999 pure gold DM&nbsp;1 coin commemorating the end of the German mark. The coin had the exact design and dimensions of the circulating cupro-nickel DM&nbsp;1 coin, with the exception of the inscription on the reverse, which read {{lang|de|Deutsche Bundesbank}} (instead of {{lang|de|Bundesrepublik Deutschland}}), as the {{lang|de|Bundesbank|italic=no}} was the issuing authority in this case. A total of one million gold DM&nbsp;1 coins were minted (200,000 at each of the five mints) and were sold beginning in mid-2001 through German coin dealers on behalf of the {{lang|de|Bundesbank|italic=no}}. The issue price varied by the dealer but averaged approximately US$165.

German coins bear a mint mark, indicating where the coin was minted. D indicates Munich, F Stuttgart, G Karlsruhe and J Hamburg. Coins minted during the [[World War II|Second World War]] include the mint marks A (Berlin) and B (Vienna). The mint mark A was also used for German mark coins minted in Berlin beginning in 1990 following the reunification of Germany. These mint marks have been continued on the [[German euro coins]].

Between 1 July 1990 (the [[Deutsche Mark#The DM's role in German reunification|currency union with East Germany]]) and 1 July 1991, East German coins in denominations up to 50 {{lang|de|pfennig|italic=no}}s continued to circulate as Deutsche Mark coins at their face value, owing to a temporary shortage of small coins. These coins were legal tender only in the territory of the former East Germany.

===Colloquial expressions===
In colloquial German the 10pf coin was sometimes called a {{lang|de|[[groschen]]}} (compare: [[groat (coin)|groat]]). Likewise, {{lang|de|sechser}} ('sixer') could refer to a coin of 5pf. Both colloquialisms refer to several pre-1871 currencies of the previously independent [[states of Germany|states]] (notably [[Prussia]]), where a {{lang|de|groschen|italic=no}} was subdivided into 12 {{lang|de|pfennig|italic=no}}s, hence half a {{lang|de|groschen|italic=no}} into 6. After 1871, 12 old {{lang|de|pfennig|italic=no}}s would be converted into 10pf of the mark, hence 10pf coins inherited the {{lang|de|groschen}} name and 5pf coins inherited the {{lang|de|sechser}} name. Both usages are only regional and may not be understood in areas where a {{lang|de|groschen|italic=no}} coin did not exist before 1871. In particular, the usage of {{lang|de|sechser}} is less widespread. In northern Germany the DM&nbsp;5 coin used to be also called a {{lang|de|[[Heiermann]]}}, whereas in [[Bavaria]] the DM&nbsp;2 coin was called {{lang|de|Zwickl}} and this expression is now used for the €2 coin in the region.