In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

The €5 collectors' coin with an orange plastic ring was issued in April 2018. It was minted on behalf of the German government and is the second in a five-part series, “Climate zones of the Earth” (2017-21).

30.01.2024: Schriftliche Stellungnahme der Deutschen Bundesbank für das Fachgespräch mit dem Finanzausschuss des Landtages Schleswig-Holstein am 01. Februar 2024 zum Thema „Vertrauen und Akzeptanz stärken – Entwicklung des digitalen Euro konstruktiv begleiten“ (Drucksache 20/1466)

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Belgium.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

The National Cash Forum has been established on the initiative of the Bundesbank, the being, as Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz put it, to preserve cash as an efficient and widely used means of payment in a changing payment landscape. The forum will facilitate close dialogue between the associations of the banking industry, retail trade, consumer protection, the CIT industry, vending machine operators and the Bundesbank. The industry is set to meet here at least once a year. 

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

Generelle bankrechtliche Regelungen zur Abwicklung des unbaren Zahlungsverkehrs finden Sie in den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen der Deutschen Bundesbank.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in France.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel is expecting to see a further decline in the use of banknotes and coins. Even so, cash is deeply embedded in our everyday lives because of its unique characteristics, he said in a video message at the Bundesbank’s cash symposium in Berlin. Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz stressed that cash still has a valid role to play even as payments become increasingly electronic.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Slovenia.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Croatia.

Pictures and informations on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Austria.

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Slovakia.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Finland.

Am 8. November 2022 beschloss der EZB-Rat, die Verfügbarkeit des EUREP-Rahmens (die am 15. Januar 2023 enden sollte) bis 15. Januar 2024 zu verlängern. Grundlage für diese Entscheidung war die Feststellung, dass die Bereitstellung vorsorglicher Euro-Liquiditätslinien über EUREP aus geldpolitischer Sicht noch immer geboten ist.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Italy.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Latvia.

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

formation on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Cyprus.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Greece.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Germany.

From 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins are legal tender in all EU member states participating in monetary union. This has nullified the legal tender status of all payment media denominated in Deutsche Mark.

For 20 years now, euro banknotes and coins have been part of the everyday lives of people in Germany and the euro area. To mark the anniversary, the Bundesbank met both with interested members of the public and with expert audiences on various occasions in 2022. The programme culminated in an anniversary ceremony at the end of the year.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Malta.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Portugal.

Die Weichen für das Bargeld werden neu gestellt. Die Bundesbank gründet ein Nationales Bargeldforum und die Europäische Kommission schlägt eine neue gesetzliche Regelung nicht nur zum digitalen Euro, sondern auch zur Stärkung des Bargelds vor. 

Euro-Banknoten und -Münzen werden in Kroatien in Umlauf gebracht. Die kroatische Zentralbank ist nun Teil des Eurosystems. Der Euroraum hat jetzt 20 Mitgliedsländer. Nach einer Phase der engen Zusammenarbeit ist die kroatische Zentralbank nun Vollmitglied des SSM.