Cash remains the most frequently used means of payment at the point of sale in Germany. This is one of the findings of the Bundesbank’s latest study on payment behaviour in Germany for 2023. However, card and mobile payments are gaining significant ground, while the share of cash payments is declining. Although this decline is no longer as pronounced as during the coronavirus pandemic, the share of cash payments is falling faster than in previous years,” said Executive Board member Burkhard Balz.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Swallowtail”, to be issed at 15 June 2023. It is the third coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued over the period 2022-24.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Banded demoiselle”, to be issed at 9 November 2023. It is the fifth coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued from 2022 to 2024.

On 1 January 1999, the euro was introduced as book money. Three years later, people in Germany and eleven other European countries got their hands on euro banknotes and coins for the first time. Today, twenty-five years later, the euro is legal tender in twenty countries and has become an indispensable part of Europeans’ everyday lives. 

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Seven-spot ladybird”, to be issed ar 9 March 2023.

In our branches it is possible for private customers to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline. Please find further information, such as branch addresses, opening hours and travel directions, on the following sites.

Video clips without commentary on the Bundesbank, gold reserves, cash and the ECB. This footage is also available in high definition.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 circulation coin commemorating the German federal state of “Saxony” (featuring Dresden's Zwinger Palace) to be issued on 5 February 2016.

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.

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.

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.

Regular coins

Confidence in a currency is rooted in cash. In Germany, it is the Bundesbank’s task to provide an adequate supply of high-quality euro banknotes and coins at all times. The Bundesbank provides retailers and banks with cash, withdraws counterfeit money from circulation and replaces damaged coins and banknotes.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its "Federal States" series as of 2018 March 3rd, this time dedicated to the German federal state of Berlin (motif: Charlottenburg Palace).

The €10 collectors’ coin “On the water” featuring a colourless polymer ring and a blue cupronickel ring was issued on 9 September 2021. This coin is the last in a three-part series, “Air Moves” (2019‑21).

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Spain.