| Obverse description | Bust facing right. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | WILHELM DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN B |
| Reverse description | Crowned imperial eagle. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | DEUTSCHES REICH 1874 * 20 MARK * |
| Edge | Lettering: GOTT MIT |
| Mint | A Berlin, Germany (1280-date) B Hanover, Germany F Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Mintage | 1874 A - - 762 332 1874 A - Proof - 1874 B - - 824 336 1874 C - - 88 205 1875 A - - 4 203 301 1875 B - - 1 500 1876 A - - 2 672 895 1876 C - - 423 088 1877 A - - 1 250 306 1877 B - - 501 159 1877 C - - 6 384 1878 A - - 2 175 000 1878 C - - 82 430 1879 A - - 1 023 136 1881 A - - 427 556 1882 A - - 655 102 1882 A - Proof - 1883 A - - 4 283 131 1884 A - - 224 422 1885 A - - 407 446 1886 A - - 175 977 1887 A - - 5 645 176 1887 A - Proof - 1888 A - - 533 854 1888 A - Proof - |
| Catalog ID | 3965226410 |
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