Between the Wars: Weimar Coinage

AT THE CLOSE of World War I a string of royal abdications, capped by Kaiser Wilhelm II, left Germany in a disrupted state. A hastily formed National Assembly met in February 1919 to establish a new government before things slipped into anarchy. They quickly drew up a constitution, elected Friedrich Ebert President and formed the Deutsches Reich (German Republic.) Because the assembly convened in the town of Weimar and remained there as they worked through establishing a peace treaty with the Allies, their new government eventually became known as the Weimar Republic.

For 10 turbulent years Germany labored under both the great restrictions imposed by