A recent Bundesbank study looks at how cash will be used in the future. It outlines three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. “The idea of the future scenarios is to help set the right course so that cash remains generally available and accepted as an attractive means of payment and store of value going forward,” explained Burkhard Balz as he introduced the study.

How will cash be used in the future? A recent Bundesbank study has investigated this question, outlining three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. The study provides an idea of the social and economic environment in which cash will be embedded in the future.

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

Generelle bankrechtliche Regelungen zur Abwicklung des unbaren Zahlungsverkehrs finden Sie in den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen der Deutschen Bundesbank.

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.

As part of the “Federal States” series, the German government has decided to mint a €2 commemorative coin “Thuringia” (featuring Wartburg castle).

The German government has decided to mint a €10 collectors’ coin entitled “Fire brigade”, to be issued at 11 May 2023.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 collectors’ coin commemorating “Saxony-Anhalt”. It was issued on 26 January 2021.

Am 2. November 2023 genehmigte der EZB-Rat die Zulassung der Scope Ratings GmbH als externe Ratingagentur für die im Rahmenwerk für Bonitätsbeurteilungen im Eurosystem beschriebenen Zwecke. 

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.

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

Speaking in Frankfurt, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann underscored the importance of the G20 for international free trade and for progress in financial market regulation. In times like these, international cooperation is particularly important, he said, which is why the G20 is a "precious treasure".

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

The €5 collectors' coin with an green plastic ring was issued in September 2019. It was minted on behalf of the German government and is the third in a five-part series, “Climate zones of the Earth” (2017-21).

In 2002 the Federal Ministry of Finance asked the Deutsche Bundesbank to present a study on currency requirements in Germany. This study is intended to contain a macroeconomic analysis of the quantitative development of cash, as well as qualitative aspects which could influence currency requirements.

The €5 collectors' coin with an orange plastic ring was issued in April 2018. It was minted on behalf of the German government and is the second in a five-part series, “Climate zones of the Earth” (2017-21).

The €5 collectors' coin with a violet plastic ring was issued in September 2021. It was minted on behalf of the German government and is the last in a five-part series, “Climate zones of the Earth” (2017-21).

The €10 collectors’ coin “On land” featuring a colourless polymer ring and a red bronze outer ring was issued on 10 September 2020. This coin is the second in a three-part series, “Air Moves” (2019‑21).

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

The €5 collectors' coin with an turquoise plastic ring was issued in September 2020. It was minted on behalf of the German government and is the fourth in a five-part series, “Climate zones of the Earth” (2017-21).

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.

30.01.2024: Schriftliche Stellungnahme der Deutschen Bundesbank für das Fachgespräch mit dem Finanzausschuss des Landtages Schleswig-Holstein am 01. Februar 2024 zum Thema „Vertrauen und Akzeptanz stärken – Entwicklung des digitalen Euro konstruktiv begleiten“ (Drucksache 20/1466)

The most relevant facts and figures about euro banknotes and coins can be found here.

The National Cash Forum has been established on the initiative of the Bundesbank, the being, as Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz put it, to preserve cash as an efficient and widely used means of payment in a changing payment landscape. The forum will facilitate close dialogue between the associations of the banking industry, retail trade, consumer protection, the CIT industry, vending machine operators and the Bundesbank. The industry is set to meet here at least once a year.