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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 39125, member: 39&quot;]There are four German mints (state operated) and five different mint locations:</p><p>A: Berlin (BE) <a href="http://www.Berlin.de/senfin/muenze/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.Berlin.de/senfin/muenze/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.Berlin.de/senfin/muenze/index.html</a></p><p>D: München (Munich, BY) <a href="http://www.hma.bayern.de/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hma.bayern.de/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.hma.bayern.de/index.htm</a></p><p>F: Stuttgart (BW, see Karlsruhe)</p><p>G: Karlsruhe (BW) <a href="http://www.staatlichemuenzenbw.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.staatlichemuenzenbw.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.staatlichemuenzenbw.de/</a></p><p>J: Hamburg (HH) <a href="http://www.muenzehamburg.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzehamburg.de/" rel="nofollow">http://www.muenzehamburg.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of mint marks, &quot;F&quot; is usually the most frequent one. In general, Stuttgart has a production share of 24 percent, Munich and Hamburg 21% each, Berlin 20%, Karlsruhe 14%. But these proportions are not always observed.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, the names of the small units are &quot;Pfennig&quot; and &quot;Cent&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure there are some year/mintmark combinations that are more common than others. You could try this database for example:</p><p><a href="http://www.muenzen.net/datenbank/suche.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzen.net/datenbank/suche.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.muenzen.net/datenbank/suche.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wert: enter the value - just the digit(s)</p><p>Einheit: for single coins, select Pfennig or Mark</p><p>Jahr: enter the year</p><p>Buchstabe: select the mintmark</p><p><br /></p><p>The Berlin mint (A) is located in what used to be East Berlin, and made East German and GDR coins between 1948 and 1990. In late 1990 it started minting the coins of the Federal Republic. The other East German mint (Muldenhütten) made coins with the E mintmark until it was closed in 1953. And that was the only mint which was closed after WW2. There have been rumors for a while that Karlsruhe may be closed some day, but I do not see that happen in the near future <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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