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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;De Orc, post: 261218, member: 4408&quot;]Well and this is mainly guess work LOL prior to the turn of the last centuary Germany was made up of a number of smaller states &amp; principalities &amp; as there were tensions between some of them I imagine it was politicaly expedient not to be reliant on just one or two mints, plus it made the distrabution of coinage a bit easier.&nbsp; Can you imagine the chaos of trying to produce some dozen or so different designed coins LOL </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This should give you some idea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Kingdoms&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Capital City</p><p>Prussia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Berlin </p><p>Bavaria&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Munich </p><p>Saxony&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dresden </p><p>Württemberg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Stuttgart</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Grand duchies</p><p>Baden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Karlsruhe </p><p>Hesse&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Darmstadt </p><p>Mecklenburg-Schwerin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Schwerin </p><p>Mecklenburg-Strelitz&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Neustrelitz </p><p>Oldenburg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Oldenburg </p><p>Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Weimar </p><p><br /></p><p>Duchies </p><p>Anhalt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dessau </p><p>Brunswick&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Braunschweig </p><p>Saxe-Altenburg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Altenburg </p><p>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Coburg </p><p>Saxe-Meiningen&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Meiningen </p><p><br /></p><p>Principalities </p><p>Lippe&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Detmold </p><p>Reuss, junior line&nbsp; Gera </p><p>Reuss, senior line&nbsp; Greiz </p><p>Schaumburg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lippe Bückeburg </p><p>Schwarzburg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rudolstadt Rudolstadt </p><p>Schwarzburg&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sondershausen Sondershausen </p><p>Waldeck&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Pyrmont Arolsen </p><p><br /></p><p>Free Hanseatic cities </p><p>Bremen </p><p>Hamburg </p><p>Lübeck </p><p><br /></p><p>Imperial territory </p><p>Alsace-Lorraine&nbsp;&nbsp; Strasbourg </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With the formation of the German Empire (January 18, 1871) they inherited the mints LOL.&nbsp; </p><p>That of course does not include Vienna, that one was added as a result of the Nazi anchluss of Austria, of the 7 mints 6 of them remained in the new West Germany after WWII &amp; East Germany had two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>A = Berlin</p><p>E = Muldenhutten</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure if there were 2 or just one mint operating in Berlin though LOL&nbsp; Since reunification they are now operating 5 mints I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that this is of help in understanding it LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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