Baden
Baden is a historic state in south-western Germany on the Upper Rhine, a margraviate from the Middle Ages, an electorate in 1803 and a grand duchy from 1806 to 1918 with its capital at Karlsruhe. Since 1952 it has been part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
History
Grand dukes of the House of Zähringen: Charles Frederick (1806–1811), Charles (1811–1818), Louis I (1818–1830), Leopold (1830–1852), Frederick I (1852/56–1907) and Frederick II (1907–1918). Baden was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine 1806–1813, then of the German Confederation, joined the German Empire in 1871 and became a republic in 1918.
Currency and coins
Until 1837 a gulden currency (24-gulden standard), 1837–1857 the South German gulden (10.6 g, .900) and from 1857 the Vereinsthaler; in the German Empire silver 2, 3 and 5 marks and gold 10 and 20 marks with the portraits of Frederick I and II, Karlsruhe mint with mintmark G. Commemoratives: golden wedding 1906, death of Frederick I 1907.
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