From 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins are legal tender in all EU DEM coins (which have been withdrawn from circulation) - with the exception of the 2 DEM coin first issue.
Below you will find information on and images of Deutsche Mark coins.
1 Pfennig coin
Attribute Specification Coin 1 pfennig Metal Copper-coated steel Diameter 16.50 mm Width 1.38 mm Mass 2.00g Edge Smooth Design Adolf Jäger, Frankfurt am Main In circulation since 1948
2 Pfennig coin
Attribute Specification Coin 2 pfennig Metal 1st series: copper alloy (copper, tin, zinc) Diameter 19.25mm Width 1.52mm Mass 1st series: 3.25g (copper alloy) Edge Smooth Design Adolf Jäger, Frankfurt am Main In circulation since 1st series: 1950
5 Pfennig coin
Attribute Specification Coin 5 pfennig Metal Brass-coated steel (copper-zinc alloy) Diameter 18.50mm Width 1.70mm Mass 3.00g Edge Smooth Design Adolf Jäger, Frankfurt am Main In circulation since 1949
10 Pfennig coin
Attribute Specification Coin 10 pfennig Metal Brass-covered steel (copper-zinc alloy) Diameter 21.50mm Width 1.70mm Mass 4.00g Edge Smooth Design Adolf Jäger, Frankfurt am Main In circulation since 1949
50 Pfennig coin
Attribute Specification Coin 50 pfennig Metal Copper-nickel alloy (Cu 75 Ni 25) Diameter 20.00mm Width 1.58mm Mass 3.50g Edge Until 1971 corrugated, from 1972 smooth Design Richard M Werner, Oberursel (Taunus) In circulation since 1949
1 Deutsche Mark Coin
Attribute Specification Coin 1 Deutsche Mark Metal Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 23.50mm Width 1.75mm Mass 5.50g Edge Arabesque Design Josef Bernhart, Munich In circulation since 1950
2 Deutsche Mark Coin 1st series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 1st series – withdrawn from circulation Metal Copper-nickel alloy (Cu 75 Ni 25) Diameter 25.50 mm Width 1.87 mm Mass 7.00 g Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Josef Bernhart, Munich Out of circulation since 1 July 1958
2nd series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 2nd series – withdrawn from circulation Metal Copper-nickel alloy (Cu 75 Ni 25) Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Picture Professor Dr Max Planck Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Karl Roth, Munich Out of circulation since 1 August 1973
3rd series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 3rd series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Dr Konrad Adenauer Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. In circulation since 1970
4th series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 4th series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Professor Dr Theodor Heuss Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Karl-Ulrich Nuss, Strümpfelbach/Württ. (picture side), Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. (denomination side) In circulation since 1973
5th series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 5th series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Dr Kurt Schumacher Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Hans-Joachim Dobler, Walda über Neuburg/Donau (picture side), Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. (denomination side) In circulation since 1979
6th series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 6th series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Professor Dr Ludwig Erhard Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Franz Müller, Munich (picture side), Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. (denomination side) In circulation since 1978
7th series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 7th series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Dr hc Franz Josef Strauß Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Erich Ott, Munich (picture side), Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. (denomination side) In circulation since 1990
8th series
Attribute Specification Coin 2 Deutsche Mark, 8th series Metal Magnimat (3-layered material) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 26.75 mm Width 1.79 mm Mass 7.00 g Core Nickel Picture Willy Brandt Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Hubert Klinkel (picture side), Reinhart Heinsdorff, Lehen/Württ. (denomination side) In circulation since 1994
5 Deutsche Mark-Coin 1st series
Attribute Specification Coin 5 Deutsche Mark, 1st series – withdrawn from circulation Metal Silver-copper alloy (Ag 625 Cu 375) Diameter 29.00 mm Width 2.07 mm Mass 11.20 g Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Albert Holl, Schwäbisch Gmünd Out of circulation since 1 August 1975
2nd series
Attribute Specification Coin 5 Deutsche Mark, 2nd series Metal Magnimat (Dreischichtenwerkstoff) Top layer Copper-nickel alloy Diameter 29.00 mm Width 2.07 mm Mass 10.00 g Core Nickel Edge "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) Design Wolfgang Doehm, Stuttgart In circulation since 1975
