History
The gold of the Empire
The gold 20 Mark, better known as the Goldmark, is a historic investment coin from the era of the German Empire (1871–1915). With its portrait of the emperor, the imperial eagle and the edge inscription “Gott Mit Uns”, this is a coin that fires the imagination.
After the unification of Germany in 1871 the Mark was introduced as the uniform imperial currency. The term Goldmark arose later, during the hyperinflation after the First World War, to distinguish the value-stable gold coins from paper money that had become worthless.
The coins showed the portraits of the reigning rulers: not only the German emperors Wilhelm I, Friedrich III and Wilhelm II, but also the princes of the individual states. This makes the Goldmark especially varied, with dozens of variants from Prussia to Bavaria.
Each mint had its own letter (A = Berlin, D = Munich), which adds collector value. Some combinations of year and mint are particularly scarce.
