Deutsche Mark was Germany's official currency since the national unification of 1871, with coins that were initially minted in silver. The German currency experienced a great devaluation, in the period immediately after the First World War, when no coins were used, replaced by banknotes (known as Papiermark). To stop the devaluation a new currency was issued, the Reichsmark (with an incredible exchange rate of 1:1.000.000.000.000 compared to the Papiermark), which circulated until 1948. After the Second World War, Germany was divided into two states, the Federal Republic of Germany, which adopted the Deutsche Mark as official currency, and the German Democratic Republic which coined its own currency called "East German Mark". With the reunification of 1990 the Deutsche Mark became the official currency of the entire Germany, and remained legal tender until 2002, when it was replaced by the Euro. German coins are minted in several mints, (currently five of them are still active, but in the past there were other four), which engrave on the coins a letter as a mint mark:

• A - Mint of Berlin
• D - Mint of Munich
• F - Mint of Stuttgart
• G - Mint of Karlsruhe
• J - Mint of Hamburg

Below is the list of german currencies:

• German Euro coins