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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1169044, member: 39&quot;]Cannot comment much here, but I sure enjoyed seeing those coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those denominations (Schwaren and Grote) were unique among the German states, I think - at least at the time when the states united and formed the German Empire. Bremen had the only gold-based currency then, with the &quot;Pistole&quot; (basically a louis d&#039;or) being equal to 5 gold talers. One taler was 72 grote, as you mentioned, and 1 grot was 5 schwaren.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that one, and the 1 Verrechnungsmark, are a little younger. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> These pieces (six denominations) were issued in 1924. They are all undated, and were produced by various mints, e.g. Lauer in Nürnberg and the state mint in Hamburg. The coins came out shortly after the end of the hyperinflation, and were withdrawn in September 1924.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today Bremen is the smallest among the German states; it consists of only two cities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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