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Aachen City Mark
North Rhine-Westphalia
The eagle came in various, but similar, shield cartouches, the letter "S" above "ach" is the assayer's mark.
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Altenburg City Mark
Thuringia
This mark came in various cartouches in the 17th & 18th centuries. In the first half of the 17th C. a mark depicting a human hand was used.
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Altona City Mark
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
Variations on this three tower mark used since early 18th cent.
Altona's mark is similar to the Hamburg mark, but usually with conical towers. It
sometimes has a letter (indicating assayer) within the gate. Altona is now a part of the city of Hamburg.
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Ansbach City Mark
Bavaria
16th - 18th centuries
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Arolsen City Mark
Hesse
19th century
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Aschaffenburg City Mark
Bavaria
18th century
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Augsburg City Mark
Bavaria
Beginning in 1734, a letter
was added below the pyr (pine cone) to indicate the date.
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Bautzen City Mark
Saxony
19th century
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Bamberg City Mark
Bavaria
Variations on the letter B were used from the 17th century through the 19th century, sometimes including a Loth number. Also used was shield cartouche containing a lion rampant with a diagonal slash across it. Bottom example could be either Bamberg or Bützow.
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Berlin City Mark
Brandenburg
About 1745, a letter (indicating the assayer) was added within the standing bear's circle. Beginning in 1818 a separate letter mark was added to indicate the secondary assayer - this will appear in addition to the primary assayer's letter within the bear mark.
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Bremen City Mark
Freie Hansestadt Bremen
The key is sometimes seen in a shield shaped cartouche.
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Breslau City Mark
Prussia
Variations on this face were used from the 17th century through the 19th century, sometimes with Loth standard number. In the 19th century 2 digit date letters were added below. Breslau is now Wroclaw, Poland
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