The Staatliche Münze Berlin (SMB) is a European coin mint located in the city of Berlin. It is one of the four German coin mints, the others being the Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg, the Bavarian State Mint, and the Hamburgische Münze. The SMB produces a fifth of all German coins.[1]
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The first mention of a Berlin mint dates back to a document from 1280. In 1750 and 1764, Frederick II of Prussia enacted coin reforms-supported by mint master Johann Philipp Graumann. Control of the Prussian mint industry was turned over from semi-private enterprises to the crown.[2] During these reforms. the Berlin mint received the "A" mint mark which continues to be used today.[3] The German mint system was established in 1871 with the German Coinage Act. Rather than one common national mint, mints were established in Berlin, Hamburg ("J"), Karlsruhe ("G"), Munich ("D"), and Stuttgart ("F").[4]
In recent history several other mints operated in Germany. These, along with their mint marks, were as follows:[5]
Hannover "B" 1866-1874, Vienna "B" 1938-1944, Frankfurt "C" 1866-1879, Dresden "E" 1872-1887, Muldenhütten (Freiberg area) "E" 1887-1953, Darmstadt "H" 1872-1882,and Tabora (German East Africa) "T", 1916.
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edit- ^ "Über uns". Staatliche Münze Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "A Prussian king and his money" (PDF). Deutsche Bundesbank. 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Geschichte bei Staatliche Münze Berlin". Staatliche Münze Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Our Mints". Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Germany’s mint marks are A, D, F, G, and J. What about the other letters?