Die Deutsche Bundesbank ist seit 20. September 2005 für die Verfolgung und Ahndung von Ordnungswidrigkeiten nach dem Münz- und Medaillenrecht zuständig.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz has spoken out in favour of a future that includes cash: Let us work together to ensure that cash keeps its time-tested place in an increasingly digitalised world, he said in his speech at the Bundesbank’s cash symposium in Berlin. In order to guarantee freedom of choice in payments, access to and acceptance of cash must be maintained, said Mr Balz.

The Deutsche Mark, the symbol of German unity, became official legal tender in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) on 1 July 1990. Supplying the public with Deutsche Mark on time represented a huge logistical undertaking by Bundesbank staff.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Red-tailed bumblebee”, to be issed at 7 November 2024.

As part of its Christmas series, the German government has decided to mint a €25 collector coin entitled “Advent wreath”, to be issued at 21 November 2024.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

January 2010 to December 2024

Am 19. Dezember 2024 verabschiedete der EZB-Rat eine Neuregelung für die Übersetzung der im Wirtschaftsbericht enthaltenen Kästen in die Sprachen des Euroraums. Es ist den zuständigen nationalen Zentralbanken fortan selbst überlassen, ob sie die Kästen übersetzen oder nicht.