1/100 oz Gold Bar Gods of Germania Odin (Proof)
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Bar · 1/100 ounce fine gold
A few pages that survived.
Odin, 1/100 ounce fine gold bar, front
Odin stands full-length in an interlace frame, on a dainty gold bar of 1/100 ounce. To this day, one day of the week bears his name: Wednesday.
The names in our week
Three names we say every week.
Thursday, Friday and Wednesday still carry names from this world of gods. In German, Donnerstag and Freitag do too, formed on the model of the Roman week, but Mittwoch has lost its old name.
- ThursdayThorThe day of Thor, whose name is the Germanic word for thunder. In German it is Donnerstag, the day of Donar, translated from the Latin day of Jupiter.
- FridayFriggThe day of the goddess Frija, called Frigg in the North, modelled on the Latin day of Venus. Her name is in Friday and in the German Freitag.
- WednesdayOdinWednesday kept the older name, the day of Wodan, called Odin in the North, as did the Dutch woensdag and the Swedish onsdag. In German it gave way to Mittwoch, the middle of the week, a name created by the Church.
Merseburg · 10th century
Two charms, not found until 1841.
In the 10th century, two charms were written in an Old High German dialect on the front of a leaf. The manuscript is held in the cathedral chapter library in Merseburg.
In 1841 the historian Georg Waitz found the lines in the library of the cathedral chapter, and the following year Jacob Grimm called the manuscript a “treasure”.
According to the cathedral chapter, they are the only pagan incantations preserved in Germany and the only known Old High German record that shows figures of this world of gods in action: Wodan, Balder, Friia, Volla, Sunna, Phol and Sinhtgunt.
“Phol ende Uuodan uuorun zi holza.” Phol and Wodan made their way into the wood.
Iceland · around 1220
A textbook for young poets.
Around 1220 the Icelander Snorri Sturluson, 1179 to 1241, wrote his Edda. According to Britannica, it was meant to teach young poets the difficult metres and to make the old material understandable to a Christian age.
Two of its parts are called Gylfaginning, “The Beguiling of Gylfi”, and Skáldskaparmál, “The Language of Poetry”. For his account of the gods, Snorri cites poems that also appear in the Codex Regius.
Codex Regius · 45 leaves
A book on which the poems depend.
A parchment book from the late 13th century, its scribe unknown. According to the Árni Magnússon Institute, it is the oldest and most important surviving collection of Eddic poems, and most of the poems exist nowhere else but here and in copies of it.
At the front stand the poems about the gods, headed by the Völuspá. Nothing is known of the book’s path until 1643, when Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson wrote his initials and the year into it; eight leaves were already missing.
In 1662 the bishop sent the book to King Frederick III in Copenhagen. It stayed there for more than three centuries.
The third place
Where each figure has come down to us.
- OdinOdin, Wodan, Woden and Wotan are names of one god. In Merseburg he is called Uuodan, and the Codex Regius puts the Hávamál in his mouth.
- ThorThe National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen holds a soapstone casting mould from Trendgården in North Jutland, from the second half of the 10th century, with cross and hammer in a single mould.
- FriggOn the page in Merseburg her name appears as Friia.
- LokiAccording to Britannica, the medieval sources attest no cult of Loki, and his name appears in no place name. Most of what is known about him comes from the texts.
- The three NornsThey are the three Norns of the Völuspá, the poem that opens the Codex Regius.
- SleipnirTradition knows him as Odin’s horse with eight legs.
- FenrirA figure in the poetry of Norway and Iceland in the 10th and 11th centuries.
- GullinburstiThe boar is a figure from Snorri’s Edda.
- Bödvar BjarkiHe is known from Danish tradition and from an Icelandic saga.
- The Viking AgeMost of the poems about the gods were probably composed in the last centuries before Christianity. After that they lived on by word of mouth until they were written down.
Under the loupe
A figure in an interlace frame.
Odin wears a winged helmet, a beard and a mantle, the spear in his hand, two ravens beside him. His name stands at the top, and on the back the fineness, 999.9 FINE GOLD.
FaceOdin with a winged helmet
FinenessThe fineness, as struck
Enlarged from the pictures in our gallery.
The craft
How this bar is made.
A gold bar from the Gods of Germania series by the Germania Mint, with 999.9 FINE GOLD and 1/100 oz on the back. According to the blister card, the issue is limited to 5,000 pieces.
- Proof
- The field is polished to a mirror finish, and the design stands out against it. Turn the piece, and the light travels over field and relief.
- Dainty in size
- 1/100 ounce of fine gold as a bar, delicate in the hand, in Proof on a blister card.
To scale
Small and large, in true proportion.
From the gold bar of 1/100 ounce to two ounces of silver, side by side to scale. The piece on this page is marked.
Click an available piece to open its page.
1/100 ounceGold, 15.14 × 8.63 mmGold15.14 × 8.63 mm
1 ounceGold, 38.6 mmGold38.6 mm
1 ounceSilver, 40 mmSilver40 mm
2 ouncesSilver, 45 mmSilver45 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Bar
- Metal
- Gold
- Motif
- Odin in an interlace frame
- Weight
- 1/100 ounce fine gold
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Dimensions
- 15.14 × 8.63 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Mint
- Germania Mint
- Packaging
- Blister card
Reykjavík · 21 April 1971
On 21 April 1971 the Danish naval ship “Vædderen” docked in Reykjavík. The harbour was crowded as naval officers carried ashore three parcels in brown paper, with the Codex Regius and the Flateyjarbók inside.
The books are back in Iceland and are kept in Reykjavík today. We say the names every week.
“Has the whole population ever gathered with enthusiasm to receive two books?”
Odin in Pure Fine Gold – the Opening of the "Gods of Germania" Series
- Minting quality: Struck in the highest possible finish, Proof (PP) – mirror-like background with a finely matted relief.
- Purest fine gold: 999.9/1,000, sourced from LBMA-accredited sources, with a fine weight of 0.311 g at a denomination of 1/100 ounce.
- Investment purpose: With a gold bar, you protect your wealth exceptionally effectively against the gradual erosion of currency value.
- Preservation of value: A reliable store of value that preserves the real substance of your wealth and can grow it over the years.
- Protection: Especially during periods of inflation, recession, and high national debt, you effectively safeguard your wealth with gold.
- Strictly limited: The first issue of the series is limited worldwide to just 5,000 pieces.
Hardly any figure in Norse mythology radiates as much power as Odin, the father of the gods – and it is he who opens the new "Gods of Germania" series by Germania Mint. However, what you acquire here is not a mere decorative design piece: it is full-fledged investment gold. The actual reason for purchase is the fine gold it contains, whose value is based on the gold price. The Odin design is the personal touch, while the pure gold is the substance.
The Design: Odin with Spear, Ravens, and Viking Power
The upright-format bar depicts Odin as a powerful, bearded warrior wearing a winged helmet, shoulder armor, tunic, and a long flowing cloak. In his hand rests the legendary spear Gungnir, while above him circle his two ravens, Hugin and Munin. A fine Celtic-Nordic braid and knot pattern frames the scene all around. The smooth, glossy background makes the matte, sculpturally raised relief stand out with striking contrast – an effect only achievable through striking in Proof quality. The reverse bears the crowned coat of arms of Germania Mint along with the inscriptions "999.9 Fine Gold" and "1/100 oz". Together with his wife Frigg, Odin forms the first divine pair of the series.
Investment Gold in Compact Form
Gold is the oldest currency in the world and has endured as a store of value for over 6,000 years and through countless currencies. It possesses intrinsic value, has historically never been worth zero, and is a scarce commodity with limited supply. This is precisely the source of its strength as an inflation hedge: while fiat money can be created in unlimited quantities, physical gold remains scarce and protects your purchasing power. The precious metal has also proven itself as crisis protection: it is tradable worldwide, highly liquid, and can be sold at any time. This allows you to build up a physical gold holding step by step with small units.
Small amounts of gold add up over the years into substantial wealth – and can be passed down through generations.
For Investors and Anyone Wishing to Give the Gift of Real Gold
This bar is suitable for beginners who want to start investing in physical gold with a manageable amount of capital, as well as for experienced investors looking to specifically expand their holdings with small denominations. And for those who want to give a genuine investment instead of a fleeting present on a personal occasion such as a christening, birthday, or wedding, this is no mere decorative item but recognized investment gold. The purchase is also tax-free: investment gold is exempt from VAT. Despite the symbolic Odin design, what you hold in your hand is above all one thing – minted fine gold, whose value is measured by the gold price.
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