The right of the Margrave of Baden to strike coins is first attested in 1362. However, it may have been awarded at a much earlier date. Unlike neighbouring Wuerttemberg, Baden did not possess a clear capital, and so the mint was repeatedly moved with the changing residence of the respective rulers.
For example, coins were minted in Baden-Baden, Darmstadt, Durlach, Emmendingen, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Pforzheim and Tuebingen before Grand Duke Ludwig II of Baden decided to build a modern minting facility. On 9 February 1827, the building designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner was inaugurated in the presence of the Grand Duke. The modern State Mints of Baden-Württemberg is proud to still be working in this art historically significant building today.
The mint used the mint mark G.
In 1998, it merged with the Stuttgart Mint to form the Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (State Mint of Baden-Württemberg), but the two mints retained their mint marks and coins minted at the Karlsruhe facility still have G as a mint mark. |
