History

First mint under Louis the Pious in Regensburg

Foundation of the city of Munich (near the Munichen settlement) with the right to mint coins granted by Henry the Lion on the grounds of Schrannenplatz (today’s Marienplatz)

Palatine Count Otto of Wittelsbach receives the Duchy of Bavaria as fiefdom and thus the right to mint coins

Destruction of the Munich mint by citizens because of the decline in value of the coins caused by the ever decreasing silver content, and subsequent reconstruction on Münzstraße.

Dukes Rudolph I and Ludwig grant minting rights to the region, a representation of the estates

Coin reform under Albrecht V. (15 July), higher coin values, minting of the first gold guilder

Foundation of the Mint Directorate by Elector Maximilian to control the minting industry

Austrian occupation period, Austrian coins are minted at the mint.

The mint moves into the “Alte Marstallgebäude” building at “Hofgraben” and “Pfisterbach”, which was built by Duke Albrecht V. from 1563 to 1567 and rebuilt by Andreas Gärtner in 1809. As the state mint, the newly created moneta regia received the name “Haupt Münzamt” (“State Mint”), which it retained after the dissolution of other mints in Bavaria.

Expansion and modernization of the mint

Extension on Maximilian Straße

Foundation of the German Empire and transfer of prerogative of coinage to the Empire Bavarian State Mint share of minting 12–14% of the population. Issue of the mint marks still valid today based on the quantity minted. Munich receives the “D” minting mark.

Partial destruction of the mint buildings (reconstruction 1950 – 1962)

Takeover of prerogative of coinage by the Allied Control Council

Due to the shortage of small change, 5 pfennig (penny) pieces were minted with small zinc plates left over from the inflation period as the first German post-war minting.

Production of “Urstempel” stamps for the currency reform

Minting of coins bearing the inscription “BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER” (BANK OF GERMANY) in denominations of 1, 5, 10 and 50 pfennig.

Coinage Act (Scheidemünzengesetz), Bavarian State Mint minting share 26% of the Federal Republic of Germany’s circulation coins

Transfer of the counterfeit money body from the Reichsbank Directorate to the Bavarian State Mint up until 1962

Production of medals for the Olympic Games in Munich

Relocation to the new building on Zamdorfer Straße

Reunification and surrender of 5% of the minting quantities to the Staatliche Münze Berlin coin mint

7 August: start of Euro production by the then Federal Minister of Finance, Theo Waigel. All German mint marks were uniquely minted by one mint.

Start of mass production for the common European currency.

1 January: the Euro becomes the sole currency. In Munich alone, 3.57 billion coins were minted for the introduction of the Euro.

1 January: the State Mint becomes a business enterprise of the Free State of Bavaria