This is a description of the coinage of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Regular coins
See Deutsche Mark and German euro coins .
Commemorative coins 100th anniversary of the Germanic National Museum in Nürnberg . 5 DM, silver, 1952. 150th death anniversary of Friedrich von Schiller . 5 DM, silver, 1955. 300th birthday of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden. 5 DM, silver, 1955. 100th death anniversary of Joseph von Eichendorff . 5 DM, silver, 1957. 150th death anniversary of Johann Gottlieb Fichte . 5 DM, silver, 1964. 250th death anniversary of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz . 5 DM, silver, 1966.
150th birthday of Max von Pettenkofer. 5 DM, silver, 1968.
375th death anniversary of Gerhard Mercator. 5 DM, silver, 1969.
100th anniversary of the foundation of the German Empire . 5 DM, silver, 1971.
125th anniversary of the Frankfurt National Assembly. 5 DM, silver, 1973.
25th anniversary of the adoption of the Basic Law . 5 DM, silver, 1974.
European Year of Monument Protection. 5 DM, silver, 1975.
200th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist. 5 DM, silver, 1977.
150th anniversary of the German Archaeological Institute. 5 DM, silver, 1979.
200th death anniversary of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1981. 150th death anniversary of Carl vom Stein. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1981. 10th anniversary of the UN Environmental Conference. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1982. 150th death anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1982. 100th death anniversary of Karl Marx . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1983. 500th birthday of Martin Luther . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1983. 150th anniversary of the German Customs Union. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1984.
European Year of Music. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1985.
150th anniversary of German railroads. 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1985. 600th anniversary of the University of Heidelberg . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1986. 200th death anniversary of Frederick the Great . 5 DM, copper-nickel, 1986. 750th anniversary of Berlin . 10 DM, silver, 1987. 30th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome . 10 DM, silver, 1987. 200th birthday of Arthur Schopenhauer . 10 DM, silver, 1988. 100th death anniversary of Carl Zeiss . 10 DM, silver, 1988. 40th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany . 10 DM, silver, 1989. 2,000th anniversary of Bonn . 10 DM, silver, 1989. 800th anniversary of the port of Hamburg . 10 DM, silver, 1989. 800th death anniversary of Barbarossa . 10 DM, silver, 1990. 800th anniversary of the Teutonic Order . 10 DM, silver, 1990. 200th anniversary of the Brandenburg Gate . 10 DM, silver, 1991. 125th birthday of Käthe Kollwitz . 10 DM, silver, 1992. 150th anniversary of the order Pour le Mérite . 10 DM, silver, 1992. 1,000th anniversary of Potsdam . 10 DM, silver, 1993. 150th birthday of Robert Koch . 10 DM, silver, 1993.
250th birthday of Johann Gottfried Herder . 10 DM, silver, 1994. Reconstruction of the Frauenkirche in Dresden . 10 DM, silver, 1995. 150th birthday of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and 100th anniversary of discovery of X-rays . 10 DM, silver, 1995. 800th death anniversary of Heinrich der Löwe. 10 DM, silver, 1995. 150th anniversary of the Kolpingwerk. 10 DM, silver, 1996. 500th birthday of Philipp Melanchthon . 10 DM, silver, 1997. 100th anniversary of the Diesel engine . 10 DM, silver, 1997. 200th birthday of Heinrich Heine. 10 DM, silver, 1997. 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia . 10 DM, silver, 1998. 900th birthday of Hildegard von Bingen. 10 DM, silver, 1998. 50th anniversary of the Deutsche Mark . 10 DM, silver, 1998. 300th anniversary of the Stift in Halle . 10 DM, silver, 1998. 50th anniversary of the Basic Law . 10 DM, silver, 1999. 50th anniversary of the SOS Children's Villages . 10 DM, silver, 1999. Weimar , European City of Culture , and 250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . 10 DM, silver, 1999.Expo 2000 . 10 DM, silver, 2000.1,200th anniversary of Charlemagne and the Aachen Cathedral . 10 DM, silver, 2000. 250th death anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach . 10 DM, silver, 2000. 10th anniversary of German reunification . 10 DM, silver, 2000. 200th birthday of Albert Lortzing . 10 DM, silver, 2001. 50th anniversary of the Federal Constitutional Court . 10 DM, silver, 2001. 750th anniversary of the Katharinenkloster and 50th anniversary of the Sea Museum in Stralsund . 10 DM, silver, 2001.
Introduction of the euro . 10 euro, silver, 2002. Also 100 and 200 euro, gold.
100th anniversary of German subways . 10 euro, silver, 2002.
Documenta art exhibition. 10 euro, silver, 2002.
50th anniversary of German television . 10 euro, silver, 2002.
100th anniversary of the German Museum . 10 euro, silver, 2003. 200th birthday of Gottfried Semper . 10 euro, silver, 2003. 200th birthday of Justus Liebig . 10 euro, silver, 2003. Ruhr industrial area. 10 euro, silver, 2003. 50th anniversary of the 1953 East German uprising . 10 euro, silver, 2003. Quedlinburg , World Heritage Site . 100 euro, gold, 2003.Football World Cup 2006 , 1st edition. 10 euro, silver, 2003.Football World Cup 2006, 2nd edition. 10 euro, silver, 2004. Bauhaus in Dessau . 10 euro, silver, 2004.Enlargement of the European Union . 10 euro, silver, 2004.Wadden Sea National Parks . 10 euro, silver, 2004.200th birthday of Eduard Mörike . 10 euro, silver, 2004. Columbus orbital facility for the International Space Station . 10 euro, silver, 2004.
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The Federal Ministers are appointed and dismissed by the Federal President upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor. The Federation may grant the Laender financial assistance for particularly important investments by the Laender or communes or associations of communes, provided that such investments are necessary to avert a disturbance of the overall economic equilibrium or to equalize differences of economic capacities within the federal territory or to promote economic growth. Federal statutes enacted pursuant to paragraph (1) or subparagraph 1 of paragraph (2) of this Article may, for the purpose of preparing for their enforcement, be applied even prior to the occurrence of a state of Defense.
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