Overview
- Germans swapped about 53.1 million D‑Mark in 2025, worth just over €27 million, essentially matching 2024 after a higher 2023 total.
- Roughly 12.1 billion D‑Mark remain outstanding, including more than 162 million banknotes and over 23 billion coins, with coins making up slightly more than half the value.
- The Bundesbank offers unlimited conversion at 31 branches or by mail to Mainz at the fixed rate of 1 euro for 1.95583 D‑Mark.
- Regional 2025 tallies include Bavaria 9.63 million D‑Mark, North Rhine‑Westphalia 9.3 million, Rhineland‑Palatinate and Saarland 7.6 million, Lower Saxony 5.67 million, Berlin/Brandenburg 3.83 million, and 3.2 million across Hamburg, Schleswig‑Holstein, and Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern.
- The bank attributes most redemptions to inheritances, house clearances, or long‑kept nostalgia holdings and expects some legacy cash will never reappear.