20 Deutsche Mark Gold Minted Bar (Mintage: 5,000 | Proof)
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The last DM series, 20 marks
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff,poet.
A 1/200 ounce gold bar by Kettner Edelmetalle, just 15 × 8.5 millimetres in size, showing the design of the 20 DM note from the last series of Deutsche Mark notes.
Image greatly enlarged. The bar measures 15 × 8.5 millimetres.
Image of the front of the bar with the design of the 20 DM note: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
The face of the note
A beech for “Die Judenbuche”
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff lived from 1797 to 1848, and the Bundesbank calls her a poet. In the background stand historic buildings of the town of Meersburg.
The back shows a quill and a beech tree, which point to her novella “Die Judenbuche”. In the first draft, a botanist saw an oak rather than a beech, and the tree was corrected. Even the sharpening of the quill was checked against contemporary models.
The Bundesbank also chose portraits as the main motif because human perception “responds particularly well to faces”. The back was new: it shows what the people on the front worked on.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
The numeral 20
Quill and beech
The series
Eight notes, nine faces
On 1 October 1990 the Bundesbank issued the first two notes of the new series, the 100 and the 200 DM notes. By 27 October 1992 the other six had followed, last of all the 5, the 500 and the 1000 DM notes.
The series was designed by Reinhold Gerstetter, a graphic artist at the Bundesdruckerei. Historians drew up proposals from an initial 70 to 80 names; the condition was an authentic portrait to work from. Five models were mirrored so that all portraits look towards the centre of the note.
Some things stayed from the Bundesbank’s first series: the colours of the values, the large portraits looking towards the centre and the word “Banknote” in Fraktur.
5 DM note1992
10 DM note1991
20 DM note1992
50 DM note1991
100 DM note1990
200 DM note1990
500 DM note1992
1000 DM note1992
The small format
The design of a note on 15 millimetres of gold
The 20 DM note measured 138 × 68 millimetres. The bar carries its design on a surface narrower than a 1-cent coin.
The paper note was work on the smallest scale. For a steel-engraved portrait, a good engraver needs “a good two to three months”, said the designer Reinhold Gerstetter. Experts from botanists to architects checked every detail, down to the exact number of windows in a building.
Some things on the paper notes could only be seen with a magnifying glass: on the right of the back lies a very fine background, with clefs and notes on the 100 DM note and with frogs and crowns on the 1000 DM note. The bar’s finish is proof.
At a glance
- Motif
- 20 DM note, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- Last DM series
- Maker
- Kettner Edelmetalle
- Face value
- 25 Dollars
- Liberia
- Weight
- 1/200 ounce
- Fine weight
- 0.16 g
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Dimensions
- 15.00 × 8.50 mm
- Finish
- Proof
- Mintage
- 5,000 pieces
- Packaging
- Coin capsule
All details except the design as stated in our product specifications. The bars are products of Kettner Edelmetalle, not an issue of the Deutsche Bundesbank.
The last series of the Mark, designed by Reinhold Gerstetter.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff on 1/200 ounce of gold.
20 Deutsche Mark Gold Minted Bar – minted fine gold in the format of the legendary D-Mark
- Minting quality: Highest possible minting quality "Proof" (PP) with mirror-polished surfaces
- Finest investment gold: 999.9/1,000 fine gold, 1/200 ounce (0.16 g fine and gross weight), partially gilded and coloured
- Strictly limited: worldwide mintage limited to 5,000 pieces
- Value preservation: a reliable store of value, whose substance lies in the fine gold it contains
- Protection: secure real value with physical precious metal during phases of inflation, recession and high national debt
- Investment objective: physical gold to effectively protect wealth against creeping currency devaluation
- Design: the famous 20-DM banknote featuring the portrait of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- Manufacturer: Kettner Edelmetalle
- Country of origin: Liberia, official face value 25 dollars
The 20 Deutsche Mark Gold Minted Bar brings an icon of German monetary history into the purest precious metal. As a rectangular gold bar with an embossed face value, it bears the design of the classic 20-DM banknote of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Made from 999.9 gold, this small powerhouse weighs exactly 1/200 ounce (0.16 g) and measures a compact 15.00 mm × 8.50 mm. What matters here is not the size, but the substance: you hold minted fine gold in your hand, the value of which is based on the gold price.
Bars that bear a coin die and an embossed face value are called minted bars. At first glance, the piece looks like a classic bar, but due to its face value of 25 dollars it attains the status of a coin in its country of issue, Liberia – and thus becomes legal tender. In this way, this small bar combines the clear form language of a gold bar with the legal character of a coin.
A design full of German cultural history
The main design shows the finely engraved portrait of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), one of the most important German poets. Her voluminous curly hair, her clear gaze and the fine shading are worked out with striking sharpness. She is flanked by the historical silhouette of Meersburg on Lake Constance, where the poet spent her final years, as well as a branch – an allusion to the beech tree from her famous novella "Die Judenbuche" (The Jew's Beech). The reverse takes up the quill and the beech tree as symbols of her work. Inscriptions such as "DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK", "Banknote" in Fraktur script and "ZWANZIG DEUTSCHE MARK" as well as the serial number AA0000077A4 quote the original.
Fully-fledged investment gold in a small format
Beyond the character of a classic collector's coin, this minted bar is above all one thing: genuine, physical investment gold. Its value is based primarily on the fine gold it contains, with the design providing the personal touch. Gold is humanity's oldest currency, has never reached a value of zero in over 6,000 years, and possesses an intrinsic value that is recognised worldwide. This is precisely why physical gold is suitable as an inflation hedge and proven crisis protection: it preserves purchasing power when fiat money loses trust, and can be traded worldwide and converted back into cash at any time. Small amounts of gold like this one add up piece by piece over the years into a considerable fortune – a sensible way to start building wealth in manageable steps. Profits from the sale of physical gold are also generally tax-free, provided the minimum holding period of one year is observed.
With a strictly limited worldwide mintage of 5,000 pieces and the elaborate Proof minting, this minted bar is an exclusive building block for any gold investment. It also makes a wonderful gift without losing its investment character: for a birthday, christening or Christmas, give not just a design, but genuine investment gold – an asset that can last for generations.
The key facts at a glance
- Precious metal: gold, fineness 999.9/1,000 (fine gold)
- Weight: 1/200 ounce, 0.16 g (fine and gross weight)
- Dimensions: 15.00 mm × 8.50 mm
- Condition: Proof (PP), partially gilded and coloured
- Year of minting: 2024
- Mintage: 5,000 pieces
- Face value: 25 dollars (Liberia)
- Design: 20-DM banknote, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- Delivery: in a protective coin capsule (new goods)
- Manufacturer: Kettner Edelmetalle
Gold has been shining for thousands of years – and will never lose its lustre. Whoever owns physical fine gold holds a real asset that cannot be multiplied by any printing press.
Whether as a first step into physical gold investment or as an exclusive addition to an existing collection of coins and bars: the 20 Deutsche Mark Gold Minted Bar combines the emotional power of the good old D-Mark with the timeless value stability of pure gold. Secure one of the limited pieces while the small mintage lasts.
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