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The Coinage Act of 1873 was a law enacted by the German Empire on July 9, 1873 that called for the unification of German currency, causing the Second Reich to adopt the gold mark and rendering all issues previously struck by its states obsolete.
While the Act concerning the expression of imperial gold coins of 1871 authorized the gold mark currency and the issue of 10 and 20 mark coins, the Coinage Act of 1873 established the currency. It declared that 1 and 2 pfennig coins be composed of copper, 5 and 10 pfennig coins be made of cupronickel, and 20 and 50 pfennig and 1, 2, and 5 mark coins be struck in .900 fine silver. The law gave the states of the German Empire the prerogative to issue their own 2, 5, 10, and 20 mark coins, while the empire itself would be responsible for issuing all other denominations.
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Deutsches Münzgesetz on the German (Deutsch) Wikipedia
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This article is a | German gold mark | |
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| Banknotes | 5 ℳ • 10 ℳ • 20 ℳ • 50 ℳ • 100 ℳ • 1000 ℳ |
| Coins | 1 ₰ • 2 ₰ • 5 ₰ • 10 ₰ • 20 ₰ • 25 ₰ • 50 ₰ • ½ ℳ • 1 ℳ • 2 ℳ • 3 ℳ • 5 ℳ • 10 ℳ • 20 ℳ |
| Miscellaneous | Bavarian Mint • Berlin State Mint • Coinage Act of 1873 • Darmstadt Mint • Dresden Mint • Frankfurt Mint • Hamburg Mint • Hannover Mint • Karlsruhe State Mint • Muldenhütten Mint • Reichsbank • Reichskassenschein • Stuttgart State Mint |
