{"id":5682,"date":"2019-09-07T01:09:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T01:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germancoins.com\/?page_id=5682"},"modified":"2019-09-26T23:47:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:47:12","slug":"german-empire-1871-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/germancoins.com\/german-empire-1871-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"GERMAN EMPIRE (1871-1918)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To purchase coins of the German Empire <a href=\"\/coin-category\/imperial-germany-1871-1918\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 18, 1871, rulers of the individual German states agreed to unify and create a new German Empire with Wilhelm I as Emperor. Following unification, the coinage of the Empire became standardized as to  denominations and types, though the individual states retained their identities on the denominations 2 Marks and above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor coins (1 Pfennig to 1 Mark) circulated throughout the new Empire and replaced local currencies such as Hellers, Kreuzers, Groschen, and others. Each coin bore a generic design that reinforced the concept of a German Empire in the minds of the general public. Denominations of 2 Marks and above were state-specific, but shared a common reverse design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>MINOR COINAGE <\/strong><br><strong>(1 Pfennig to 1 Mark)<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Germany 1 Pfennig, Small Eagle (1873-1889) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/germany-1-pfennig-small-eagle-1873-1889\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany 1 Pfennig, Small Eagle (1873-1889)<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Germany 1 Pfennig, Large Eagle (1889-1916) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/germany-1-pfennig-large-eagle-1890-1916\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany 1 Pfennig, Large Eagle (1889-1916)<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Germany 1 Pfennig, Aluminum (1916-1918) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/germany-1-pfennig-aluminum-1916-1918\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany 1 Pfennig, Aluminum (1916-1918)<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Germany 2 Pfennig, Small Eagle (1873-1877) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"\/germany-2-pfennig-small-eagle-1873-1877\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germany 2 Pfennig, Small Eagle (1873-1877)<\/a><br><a href=\"\/germany-2-pfennig-large-eagle-1904-1916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Germany 2 Pfennig, Large Eagle (1904-1916) (opens in a new tab)\">Germany 2 Pfennig, Large Eagle (1904-1916)<\/a><br>Germany 5 Pfennig (Small Eagle)<br>Germany 5 Pfennig (Large Eagle)<br>Germany 10 Pfennig (Small Eagle)<br>Germany 10 Pfennig (Large Eagle)<br>Germany 20 Pfennig (Silver)<br>Germany 20 Pfennig (Copper-Nickel)<br>Germany 25 Pfennig<br>Germany 50 Pfennig (Small Eagle)<br>Germany 50 Pfennig (Large Eagle)<br>Germany 1\/2 Mark<br>Germany 1 Mark (Small Eagle)<br>Germany 1 Mark (Large Eagle) <br><br><br><br><\/td><td><strong>STATE COINAGE <\/strong><br><strong>(2 Marks to 20 Marks)<\/strong><br>Anhalt<br>Baden<br>Bavaria<br>Bremen<br>Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel<br>Frankfurt<br>Hamburg<br>Hessen<br>Lippe<br>Lubeck<br>Mecklenburg-Schwerin<br>Mecklenburg-Strelitz<br>Oldenburg<br>Prussia<br>Reuss-Greiz<br>Reuss-Schleiz<br>Sachsen Altenburg<br>Sachsen Coburg Gotha<br>Sachsen Meiningen<br>Sachsen Weimar Eisenach<br>Saxony<br>Schwarzburg Rudolstadt<br>Schwarzburg Sondershausen<br>Waldeck-Pyrmont<br>Wurttemberg <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To purchase coins of the German Empire click here. 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