10 Deutsche Mark Banknote Gold Minted Bar (Mintage: 1,000 | Old Design | Proof)

10 Deutsche Mark Banknote as a Gold Minted Bar – a Piece of Monetary History in Pure Fine Gold

• Strictly limited: Limited worldwide to a mintage of only 1,000 pieces – a truly very low mintage.
• Growth opportunities: High value appreciation potential due to the strict limitation and the continuing high demand for DM designs.
• Rarity: A sought-after collector's coin with genuine rarity value.
• Minting quality: The highest possible minting quality "Proof" (PP) with mirror-polished surfaces and finely matted reliefs.
• Investment goal: With a gold bar you effectively protect your wealth against inflation.
• Value preservation: A compact store of value that safeguards the real value of your wealth and preserves it across generations.
• Protection: A proven anchor, especially in times of inflation, recession and high government debt.
• Design: A faithful reproduction of the legendary 10-DM banknote – obverse featuring the "Portrait of a Young Man", reverse featuring the sail training ship Gorch Fock.
• Manufacturer: Exclusive minting by Kettner Edelmetalle.
• Country of origin: Issued as legal tender of the Republic of Liberia with a face value of 25 dollars.

Hardly any banknote accompanied the people of Germany for as long as the old ten-mark note. This minted bar casts this piece of monetary history in pure gold – and that is exactly where its true value lies. At its core, you are acquiring 1/200 oz of fine gold with a fineness of 999.9/1,000, whose value is directly tied to the gold price. The design is the personal touch, the fine gold is the actual substance.

Bar and Coin in One – the Minted Bar Explained

At first glance, the rectangular piece looks like a classic bar: compact, shimmering with a warm golden glow, with neatly rounded corners and dimensions of 15.00 x 8.50 mm. However, due to the embossed face value of 25 dollars, it attains the status of a coin and is official legal tender in its country of issue, Liberia. This is exactly what makes the difference: a minted bar carries a coin die stamp and a face value – it is thus both a bar and a gold coin, combining the best of both worlds.

Strict Limitation: Only 1,000 Pieces Worldwide

The real appeal of this edition lies in its rarity. With a mintage of only 1,000 pieces, this minted bar ranks among the exceptionally scarce mintings – a genuine rarity, considerably rarer than comparable DM editions with five-digit mintages. This strict limitation, combined with high demand at the same time, creates a noticeable value appreciation potential. Anyone who secures such a limited minting early benefits from the natural scarcity that a low mintage brings with it over the years.

Highest Minting Quality and Iconic Design

Struck in Proof quality, the minted bar features deep mirror-polished surfaces and finely matted design elements – the most demanding minting technique of all, usually produced only in small quantities. The obverse reproduces the "Portrait of a Young Man", long attributed to Albrecht Dürer and, according to more recent research, now attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder. The reverse shows the sail training ship Gorch Fock, which adorned the reverse of the 10-DM banknote for decades and stood for German cosmopolitanism and seafaring tradition. A design full of memories – realized in pure fine gold.

Investment Gold that Protects Your Wealth

Gold is the oldest currency in the world and has been a proven store of value for over 6,000 years, never having had a value of zero. As an inflation hedge, physical gold preserves purchasing power when paper currencies lose value, and at the same time serves as a reliable crisis protection in politically and economically uncertain times. The fine denomination of 1/200 ounce makes entering physical gold investment particularly easy: even with modest amounts, you build up a genuine tangible asset that is highly liquid and can be sold again at any time. After a holding period of one year, profits from the sale of gold are generally tax-free.

A piece of German monetary history, struck into the most enduring substance in the world – pure fine gold, whose value is tied to the gold price.

And if you would like to pass on something lasting for a special occasion such as a birth, christening or Christmas, give the gift of genuine investment gold instead of transient things with this minted bar. The edition is delivered in a protective coin capsule and, with Kettner Edelmetalle, shipped to your home as insured value shipping.