1/100 oz Gold Bar Gods of Germania Frigg (Proof)
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Bar · 1/100 ounce fine gold
A few pages that survived.
Frigg, 1/100 ounce fine gold bar, front
Frigg stands full-length in an interlace frame, on a dainty gold bar of 1/100 ounce. To this day her name survives in Friday and in the German Freitag.
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.
- FriggOn the page in Merseburg her name appears as Friia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Frigg has long hair and wears a dress and a cloak, an animal standing at her side. Her name stands at the top, and on the back the fineness, 999.9 FINE GOLD.
FaceFrigg with long hair
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
- Frigg 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?”
1/100 oz Gold Bar Frigg by Germania Mint – minted fine gold as a tangible store of value
- Minting quality: Highest possible minting quality "Proof" (PP) – mirror-like surfaces, deep contrasts and the finest relief details on the smallest surface area
- Fine gold: 1/100 oz (0.311 g) of pure gold with 999.9/1,000 fineness from LBMA-accredited sources
- Investment goal: With this gold bar, you effectively protect your wealth against the creeping devaluation of money
- Value preservation: The bar serves as a proven store of value that preserves the real substance and purchasing power of your wealth
- Protection: Especially in times of inflation, recession and high government debt, you secure yourself with physical gold
- Mintage: Strictly limited worldwide to only 5,000 pieces
- Packaging: Securely presented and protected on a decorative blister card
- Tax: Tax-free upon purchase as investment gold
The gold bar "Frigg" from the Gods of Germania series combines the thousands-of-years-old trust in gold with the powerful imagery of Norse mythology. However, the focus is not on the design, but on the substance: 0.311 grams of the finest gold, whose value is directly tied to the gold price, giving you a tangible inflation hedge. The design is the personal touch – the fine gold it contains is the actual reason to buy and the true carrier of value.
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Frigg – goddess of wisdom on pure fine gold
The obverse shows Frigg, the wife of Odin and guardian of marriage, motherhood and wisdom. Depicted in full figure, in a long, flowing Nordic robe with wide sleeves and a cloak, with a delicate diadem on her head. A bunch of keys hangs from her belt – her typical attribute as guardian of home and household. At her side, a wolf looks up at her, emphasizing her wild, mythical nature. A Celtic-Nordic braid and knot pattern frames the scene on all four sides, with small knot medallions in the corners. Above the design, the inscription "FRIGG" is displayed in classic capital letters.
The reverse bears the coat of arms with the double-headed eagle and the Germania Mint inscription, as well as the details 999.9 Fine Gold and 1/100 oz, along with the melter/assayer hallmark. The Proof finish brings out the finest details and mirror-like depths even on this tiny surface – a testament to the manufactory's modern minting artistry.
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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 an inherent, intrinsic value, has never been worthless, and reliably protects against loss of purchasing power. While fiat money can be multiplied at will by central banks, the supply of gold is naturally scarce – a key reason for its long-term value stability. It is not without reason that central banks themselves hold enormous gold reserves.
- Globally recognized, tradable and convertible into cash at any time
- A scarce commodity with limited supply, resulting in high value stability
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- Proven crisis protection in economically and politically uncertain times
Physical gold is therefore excellently suited for building wealth in small steps, as a long-term retirement provision, and as a value that you can pass on through generations. Even as a genuine gold investment gift for a christening, birthday or wedding, this bar is not a mere ornament, but a real asset.
Despite the mythological design, what you acquire here is fully-fledged investment gold – minted fine gold whose value is tied to the gold price and which safeguards your wealth in the long term.
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