Issuing authority
Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990)
West German state issuing Deutsche Mark coinage and Bundespost stamps.
- Kind
- republic
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- 1949 – 1990
Reunified Germany continues the same state.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
4
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
4 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1948 – 1954
4 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
2
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (4)
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Oslo Møntgalleri A/S Auction 20 (4 Oct 2026)
banknotes
Federal Republic of Germany Deutsche Mark banknotes
1948-2001
Federal Republic of Germany Deutsche Mark banknotes formed the official paper currency of West Germany and, following reunification in 1990, the unified German state. Denominated in Deutsche Marks (abbreviated as DM or D-Mark) and subdivided into 100 pfennigs, these notes were initially issued under the authority of…
Partial type record
Deutsche Bundespost
stamps
Deutsche Bundespost postage stamps
1949-1995
Deutsche Bundespost postage stamps comprise the postal releases produced for West Germany by its national post and telecommunications organisation. Established in 1947 within the Trizone as the successor to the Deutsche Reichspost, the enterprise was initially titled the Deutsche Post until 1950. As a state-owned op…
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Auction house “Matthew Bullock Auctioneers”, via Invaluable
modern coins
Federal Republic of Germany 5 Deutsche Mark, silver
1951-1974
The Federal Republic of Germany 5 Deutsche Mark in silver is a circulating coin struck between 1951 and 1974, also referred to as the Fünf Deutsche Mark. It stood as the largest circulating denomination in West Germany before the currency transitioned to base metal, and it was subsequently joined by an extensive ser…
Partial type record
Deutsche Bundespost
stamps
West German Heuss definitive stamps
1954-1960
The West German Heuss definitive stamps are a regular postage series issued by the Federal Republic of Germany between 1954 and 1960, featuring a portrait of President Theodor Heuss. They were produced to supply standard definitive postage across West Germany during the country's post-war era. These issues represen…
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Entries by catalogue category
- Postage Stamps2
- Banknotes1
- Modern World Coins1
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Confidence of the published entries
- Well documented2
- Documented2
Confidence reflects how well the sources support each entry's identification, not the object's quality or importance.
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