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SILVER COINS
OF GERMAN EMPIRE
(1873 – 1918).
The coins were in circulation in territory of Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918.
Coins in circulation: 1/2 Mark, 1, 2, 3, 5 Mark.
Silver coins of face value of 50 Pfennig (with variety types of national arms that have been struck in 1875 – 1877, 1877 – 1878 and 1896 – 1903) weren’t in circulation in Ukraine, because were withdrawn from circulation since 30.09. 1908.

The German Empire was formed January 18, 1871. The new empire comprised 25 states:
• 4 kingdoms (Prussia, Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony);
• 6 grand duchies (Baden, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Hesse and by Rhine, Oldenburg, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Mecklenburg-Strelitz);
• 5 duches (Anhalt, Brunswick, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg);
• 7 principalities (Waldeck, Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Reuss Elder Line, Reuss Junior Line);
• 3 free cities (Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck).

The states had the right to issue gold and silver coins of higher value than 1 Mark: 1, 2, 3 and 5 Mark.
All these coins were general issues of the German Empire.


1. State circulation coins value of 1/2 Mark and 1 Mark.
2. Duchy of Anhalt.
3. Grand Duchy of Baden.
4. Kingdom of Bavaria.
5. Duchy of Brunswick.
6. Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
7. Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
8. Kingdom of Württemberg.
9. Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
10. Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine.
11. Principality of Lippe.
12. Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck.
13. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
14. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
15. Grand duchy of Oldenburg.
16. Kingdom of Prussia.
17. Principality of Reuss Elder Line.
18. Principality of Reuss Junior Line.
19. Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.
20. Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
21. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
22. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
23. Kingdom of Saxony.
24. Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
25. Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
26. Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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