Baden Coins

Obverse of 1876 Baden Five Marks

Germany

Countries

Reverse of 1876 Baden Five Marks

German States
For many centuries Germany was in actuality a large number of states, some large, others small, and power rested mainly with the lords of each state. The Hapsburgs attempted to unify Germany ending in the thirty years war 1618 - 1648, which devastated the German economy, and heightened the localisation of power. At this point it is estimated that there were as many as 1,800 separate states some with a population as few as 300 people. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying most of these states into a modern nation. On April 14th 1871, the king of Prussia, the largest and most powerful state become emperor William I . According to Krause, the new nation consisted of 4 kingdoms, 6 grand duchies and principalities, 3 free cities, and the province of Alsace-Lorraine.

Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden had been a sovereign independent state since the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Following the Franco-Prussian War, the state of Baden, along with many other Southern German states and principalities, was incorporated into the new German Empire in 1871. As with other German states within the Empire, Baden kept its own royal head of state and coinage was issued in his name to a common German reverse design.
Baden was a relatively small German state located in the south of Germany. As with other smaller German states, it never issued the quantities of coins that Prussia did. Its gold coins only turn up relatively infrequently.

Specifications

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Alloy	ASW
Five Marks (1875-1876)	38	27.777	0.900	0.8038

Notes
Denomination = Face Value of Coin
Diameter = Diameter in millimetres
Weight = Total weight in grams
Fineness = Purity of silver alloy
Silver Content = Actual fine silver content in troy ounces.

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Date	Description	Availability	Price £	Price $	Price €
1876	Five Marks	Yes	£30	$50	€38

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