前: 盾徽 (emblem) of German empire
(1871-1918, early type, German eagle with escutsheon
of Prussian eagle with escutcheon Hohenzollern lands)
在中间 (value, lower-left) 20 (lower-right) M. (标记)
铭文: (state name, left) DEUTSCHES (右) REICH
(底部，年份) 1871 until 1873
背面: Head of 1st Emperor Wilhelm I (右, 1861–1888,
7th king of Prussia, elector of Brandenburg,
duke of Sakse-Lauenburg, Cleve, Mark, Minden, Osnabruck
铭文: (ruler) WILHELM DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN
(bottom-right, mintmark)
A (Berlin Mint, Brandenburg 1850-)
B (Bayreuth Mint, Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth, Prussia)
C (Cleve Mint, duchy Cleve)
边缘: PiT - Plain with incuse text: GOTT ~~ + ~~ MIT ~~ + ~~ UNS ~~ + ~~
