German euro coins


German euro coins have three separate designs for the three series of coins. The 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent coins were designed by, the design for the 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins were designed by and the 1- and 2-euro coins were done by and Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer. Featured in all designs are the 12 stars of the EU and the year of minting.
In addition to the year, the German coins also feature a small letter as a mint mark indicating the particular mint that minted the coin.
The letters were assigned to the mints as they opened. The mints in Hannover, Frankfurt am Main, and Darmstadt were closed by 1882. Vienna was allocated the letter shortly after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 and it was in use until 1945. After the post-World War Two division of Germany, D, F, G and J minted coins for the Federal Republic of Germany, while the German Democratic Republic used Berlin and Dresden/Muldenhütte until it closed 1953. Berlin started minting D Mark coins in 1990.

German euro design

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins.

Circulating Mintage quantities

The following table shows the mintage quantity for all German euro coins, per denomination, per year.
Face Value€0.01€0.02€0.05€0.10€0.20€0.50€1.00€2.00
2002 A800.0360.0480.0696.1378.1337.7367.9238.9
2002 D840.0483.0504.0722.0367.0370.2372.6238.9
2002 F960.0507.8576.0838.8421.6430.5439.8281.1
2002 G560.0311.8336.0494.3251.9256.6266.4182.0
2002 J840.0419.4504.0758.6441.0401.4372.3257.8
2002 Total4,840.02,501.42,904.04,268.42,300.52,156.92,186.91,448.0

€2 commemorative coins

German Bundesländer series I

Germany started the commemorative coin series Die 16 Bundesländer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in 2006, to continue until 2021. The year in which the coin for a specific state is issued coincides with that state's Presidency of the Bundesrat. In 2018, Daniel Günther, the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein, became the President of the Bundesrat for a one-year term. As a Schleswig-Holstein coin had already been minted in 2006, it was decided to delay the release of the following three states' coins by a year. Instead of honouring a state in 2019, the minted coin commemorates 70 years since the constitution of the German Federal Council or Bundesrat. The last three coins of the series were therefore postponed to 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. The coins issued are:
YearNumberStateDesign
20061Schleswig-Holstein

Others

As of 2025, Germany has issued thirteen other €2 commemorative coins in addition to those of the "Bundesländer" series:
YearSubject
200750th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome
200910th anniversary of the creation of the European Monetary Union
201210th anniversary of the introduction of the euro
201350th anniversary of the signing of the Élysée Treaty. Joint issue with France
201525th anniversary of the reunification of Germany
201530th anniversary of the flag of Europe being adopted as the flag of the European Union
2018100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Schmidt
201930th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Joint issue with France
202050th anniversary of the Kniefall von Warschau
202235th anniversary of the Erasmus Programme
20231275th anniversary of the birth of Charlemagne
2024175th anniversary of the Constitution of St. Paul's Church
202535th anniversary of the reunification of Germany

Collector coins