Germany is a federation where, unlike in most other countries, the production of coinage is not centralised: five of the sixteen federal states have their own mints, and each of them strikes a quota of the circulating and commemorative coinage of the country.
Additionally, some of these mints - as well as a number of private mints and refineries - also make bullion which is not legal tender and is targeted at investors and not at coin collectors. Listed below are products with precious metal content of 1 kg (one kilogram) of silver.
Such products with a rectangular form are known as "silver bars", and those with a circular form are known as "silver rounds". | 
