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The edge lettering of the German 2‐euro‐commemorative coins is : (Unity and justice and freedom)	German mint marks :

Image	Country		Date	Feature	Ref.	Volume
🔎		Germany	03 Feb. 2006	Schleswig‐Holstein (Holstentor in Lübeck) 1st coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	31,500,630	•
	Description : The late Gothic Holstentor, built between 1464 and 1478 and completely restored around 1871, is depicted with its facade facing Holstenplatz (Holsten square), looking towards the city. As one of the two remaining gates of the medieval town fortifications, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Old Town of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck since 1987 and represents the federal state of "SCHLESWIG‐HOLSTEIN" inscribed below the depiction on the commemorative coin. Midway on the left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and midway on the right the initials "HH" of the designer Heinz Hoyer. The name "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle at the bottom of the ring, while at the top the year "2006" is flanked on both sides by six European stars.

🔎		Germany	02 Feb. 2007	Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania (Schwerin Castle) 2nd coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	31,245,630	•
	Description : The House of Mecklenburg, a dynasty of dukes and grand dukes, which emerged from the Abodrites, ruled over Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg‐Schwerin from 1131 to 1918. Schwerin Castle, a building that has evolved historically over a thousand years, is situated on an island in the town of Schwerin. In 1845‐1857 a major reconstruction in the neo‐renaissance style took place under the direction of Georg Adolf Demmler and the participation of Gottfried Semper and Friedrich August Stüler. The latter designed the dome, which is crowned by a statue of the Archangel Michael. Beneath the front facade is the equestrian statue of Prince Niklot (∼1100‐1160), the anscestor of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg. The coin shows the castle, also called Neuschwanstein of the North, which today is the seat of the state parliament. Below the motif is the name "MECKLENBURG‐VORPOMMERN" (Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania) below this are the initials "HH" of the designer Heinz Hoyer. Above the motif is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle in the lower part of the outer ring and at the top the year "2007" is flanked on both sides by six European stars.

🔎		Germany	25 Mar. 2007	50th anniversary of the Signature of the Treaty of Rome	20001 20002 20005	30,865,630	•
	Description : The Treaty establishing the European Community, called the Treaty of Rome (originally called the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in December 2009) was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands at the Conservatory Palace in Rome. It came into force on 1st of January 1958. At the same time two other treaties were concluded, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, which established EURATOM, and the Agreement on Institutions Common to the European Communities, which stipulated that the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) had a common parliamentary assembly (now the European Parliament), a common Court of Justice and a common Economic and Social Committee. On the 5th of May 2006, EU Commissioner Joaquín Almunia and Eurogroup President Jean‐Claude Juncker announced the first transnational 2‐Euro commemorative coin to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The directors of the Italian mint Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, the Spanish mint Real Casa de la Moneda and the Austrian Mint Münze Österreich AG met in Vienna to exchange ideas. The ideas were presented and amalgamated into a design by the commissioned engraver Helmut Andexlinger, after approval he produced a model of the coin. It shows the treaty with the signatures of the representatives from the six founding states, framed by the pavement pattern of the Capitol Square in Rome, designed by Michelangelo where the treaty was signed. On the German version of the coin the commemorative event is called "RÖMISCHE VERTRÄGE", on the Italian "TRATTATI DI ROMA" ‐ the other eleven euro countries describe it ‐ in their national language ‐ "Treaty of Rome" (in the singular). National characteristics : At the top are the words "Römische Verträge" (Treaties of Rome) and "50 JAHRE" (50 Years), below it is an illustration of the treaty with the words "EUROPA" (Europe), below that is the year "2007" and the country name "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany). The coin was minted by the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) whose mint mark is to the right of the year.

🔎		Germany	01 Feb. 2008	Hamburg (St.‐Michaelis‐Church) 3rd coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,513,630	•
	Description : The coin depicts the church of St Michaelis in Hamburg, popularly known as Michel, which was built between 1762‐1786 (and rebuilt between 1906‐1912) and is the symbol of the Hanseatic city. The church is named after the archangel Michael, who is depicted (left) as a large bronze statue above the main portal as the victor in the battle with Satan. Below is the name of the federal state "HAMBURG", above to the right the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), in the middle on the right the logo "Œ" of the designer Erich Ott. The name of the issuing country "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle at the bottom of the ring and at the top the year "2008" is flanked on both sides by six European stars. ‐ ‐ Originally, the St. Pauli landing piers were intended as a coin motif. Some 600,000 coins were accidentally minted by the Stuttgart mint (mint mark "F") with the old value side, which was valid from 2002 to 2006.

🔎		Germany	02 Jan. 2009	10 years of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)	20001 20002 20005	30,565,630	•
	Description : In 1972 the European Exchange Rate Mechanism was created to limit fluctuations between currencies. In 1975 a basket of currencies was used to define the European Currency Unit (ECU) and in 1979 the European Monetary System was created. 1990 saw the start of the first stage of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and in 1994 the second stage, during which the European Monetary Institute prepared for the establishment of the European Central Bank (ECB). In 1996 the European Commission established the currency abbreviation €. In 1999, saw the third stage of EMU, all participating currencies were linked to the euro by exchange rate parity. In 2008 a design competition was held for the EMU Community Edition coin and out of 5 proposals a winner, Georgios Stamatopoulos was determined by an online vote. The design shows a stylised human stick figure on the blank space of an irregularly shaped ancient coin, with the € symbol on the left arm. It symbolises the transition from the bartering of archaic times to European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Below the € symbol are the designer's initials "ΓΣ" and the years "1999‐2009". National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany), the acronym of the occasion of issue below is "WWU". In the middle on the right is the mint mark of the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg).

🔎		Germany	08 Feb. 2009	Saarland (Ludwigs‐church in Saarbrücken) 4th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,940,630	•
	Description : The coin designed by Friedrich Brenner is dedicated to the Saarland and shows the Ludwigskirche in Saarbrücken, built between 1762‐1775. It is the city's landmark and, along with Dresden's Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) and Hamburg's St. Michel's Curch, is considered one of the most important Protestant Baroque church buildings in Germany. It is also one of the most famous transept churches. The name of the federal state "SAARLAND" is underneath the motif, together with the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). The designer's initials "FB" are at the top right. "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany) is arranged in a semicircle at the bottom of the ring, while at the top the year "2009" is flanked on both sides by six European stars.

🔎		Germany	29 Jan. 2010	Bremen (City Hall and Roland) 5th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,925,630	•
	Description : The coin depicts Bremen Town Hall (built 1405‐1410, rebuilt 1608‐1612) with the Roland statue in front of it, a World Heritage Site since 2004. Roland's shield bears the double eagle from the imperial coat of arms which is a symbol of the long contested claim to imperial freedom. The statue, (traced back to Hruotland (∼736‐778), Count of the Breton Mark in Charlemagne's Frankish Empire, knight and hero of the Roland song) symbol of the city's rights, is sited facing Bremen Cathedral, but has been rotated by 90° in this depiction. At the top to the left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), below the town hall the name of the federal state "BREMEN" and at the very bottom the initials "BB" of the designer Bodo Broschat. The abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) is located in the upper right‐hand corner of the ring, the year of issue "2010" flanks the 6 o'clock star on both sides. ‐ ‐ Originally, only the Bremen town hall was to appear on the coin.

🔎		Germany	28 Jan. 2011	North Rhine‐Westphalia (Cologne Cathedral) 6th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,925,000	•
	Description : The Cologne Cathedral with its two 157 m high towers is one of the largest cathedrals in the Gothic style. Its construction began in 1248 and was only completed in 1880, after more than 600 years. Even then a national symbol for Germany, the (apparently) intact cathedral was seen as an emotional symbol of the will to live after the end of the Second World War in the middle of the bombed‐out city. The coin depicts the cathedral, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, bears the federal state name "NORDRHEIN‐WESTFALEN" (North Rhine‐Westphalia) underneath it. The country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) is located in the upper right‐hand side of the ring, the year of issue "2011" flanks the 6 o'clock star on both sides. The German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) is located at the top right of the motif, and on the right the initials "HH" of the designer Heinz Hoyer.

🔎		Germany	02 Jan. 2012	10 years Euro‐Currency	20001 20002 20005	30,648,000	•
	Description : To mark the tenth anniversary of the final adoption of the euro as cash, all 17 EU countries using the euro as their official currency issued a commemorative € 2 coin. There were five designs submitted, which could be voted for online. The result was announed on the 30th of June 2011: the winning design was created by Helmut Andexlinger and shows a globe in the middle, overlaid with the euro symbol. The importance of the euro in Europe and the world as a whole coupled with the fact that it has become a global player in the international monetary system over the last ten years, is illustrated by the euro symbol. According to the designer, the symbolic elements around the stylised globe represent the suggestion that the euro offers more opportunities for businesses and markets which in turn ensures economic stability by encouraging investment in this environment. The factory shape symbolises production, the cargo ship trade, all of which benefit the symbolic family of four with three homes by providing more quality jobs and stable consumer prices. The symbol of the Eurotower in Frankfurt/M. represents financial strength and the two wind turbines shows stimulation in innovative investments that this environment presents, whose central element is the euro. At the bottom of the coin are the years "2002 and "2012". National characteristics : At the top of the coin is the name of the issuing country "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany). The German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) is located to the right of the year "2012".

🔎		Germany	03 Feb. 2012	Bavaria (Neuschwanstein Castle) 7th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,883,000	•
	Description : Neuschwanstein Castle was built between 1869 and 1892 by order of the Bavarian King Ludwig II as an idealised representation of a knight's castle from the Middle Ages. The king did not live to see its complete completion. Disputes over his indebtedness, which increased with the escalating construction costs, led to the deposition of the king by the Bavarian government in 1886. Ludwig II was staying at Neuschwanstein Castle at the time of his deposition and left it the day before his death in Lake Starnberg on the 13th of June 1886. The coin design depicting the castle in front of the silhouette of the Allgäu Alps with the 2059 m high Great Silt is by Erich Ott, whose logo "Œ" appears on the left. On the right is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), and at the bottom below the motif is the federal state name "BAYERN" (Bavaria). The country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) is at the top of the ring and at the bottom is the year "2012" flanks the 6 o'clock star on both sides. ‐ ‐ The coin motif for Bavaria was originally intended to be the Munich Frauenkirche ("Cathedral of our Dear Lady").

🔎		Germany	22 Jan. 2013	50 Year anniversary of the Élysée‐Treaty (Fanco‐German Friendship) Issued jointly by France and Germany	20001 20002 20005	11,585,000	•
	Description : The Franco‐German Friendship Treaty (Élysée Treaty) was signed on the 22nd of January 1963. The coin issued jointly by France and Germany shows on the left the then President of France, Charles de Gaulle (1890‐1970), and his signature, and on the right the then Chancellor of Germany, Konrad Adenauer (1876‐1967), and his signature. The coin was designed by Yves Sampo and Stefanie Lindner. The reason for this issue is at the top in French "TRAITÉ DE L'ÉLYSÉE", at the bottom in German "ÉLYSÉE‐VERTRAG", in the middle the anniversary "50" "ANS" "JAHRE" (50 years) together with the year of issue "2013". On the German coin, the mint mark of the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) is located to the right above the signature, below which is the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany).

🔎		Germany	01 Feb. 2013	Baden‐Württemberg (Maulbronn Monastery) 8th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,845,000	•
	Description : Maulbronn Monastery, a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1147, is considered the best preserved medieval monastery complex north of the Alps and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. The coin design by Eugen Ruhl shows an interior view of the fountain house and the west facade of the monastery church, consecrated in 1178, with the vestibule, called "Paradise", built around 1210. At the top of the motif is the year of issue "2013", on the right the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), below the main motif the name of the federal state "BADEN‐WÜRTTEMBERG" and below it the abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). At the bottom to the left are the initials "ER" of the designer. ‐ ‐ Originally the Heidelberg Castle was intended as the motif for Baden‐Württemberg's commemorative coin, but when the UNESCO World Conference in July 2005 failed to recognise it as a World Heritage Site, the design was changed.

🔎		Germany	06 Feb. 2014	Lower Saxony (St. Michael's church in Hildesheim) 9th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,799,300	•
	Description : The motif shows the south‐east view of the church St. Michael in Hildesheim. The double‐choir basilica, built in 1010‐1033 in the Ottonian, pre‐Romanesque architectural style has double transepts above which are square towers, the transepts are flanked by two round, smaller stair towers. The entire building follows a geometric concept developed from squares of equal size, with the overlapping square as the basis for the design. St. Michael's Church was founded by the Benedictines and is now also a Lutheran church and has been a World Heritage Site since 1985. The year of issue "2014" is shown at the top of the motif and on the left of it the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). At the bottom of the motif is the name of the federal state "NIEDERSACHSEN" (Lower Saxony) and below it the abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). To the top right of the motif is the logo "Œ" the initials of the designer Erich Ott. ‐ ‐ Lower Saxony's coin motif was originally intended to be the New Town Hall in Hanover.

🔎		Germany	30 Jan. 2015	Hesse (Paul's church in Frankfurt upon Main) 10th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,767,100	•
	Description : The southern view of Frankfurt's Paulskirche (St Paul's church) is depicted on the coin marking Hesse's presidency of the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament). Frankfurt's main Protestant church, built between 1789 and 1833, has a classical rotunda designed by the architect Johann Friedrich Christian Hess. From 1848 to 1849 it was the meeting place for delegates to the Frankfurt National Assembly, the first freely elected German parliament. On the 18th of March 1944 the Paulskirche burnt down after an air raid on Frankfurt upon Main. After the Second World War, it was the first historic building to be rebuilt and reopened as the "House of All Germans" on the 18th of May 1948, the centenary of the National Assembly. Since then it has been a national monument and is used for exhibitions and public events. At the bottom of the motif is the name of the federal state "HESSEN" (Hesse), top left the year of issue "2015", top right the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) and unerneath it the initials of the designer, "HH" standing for Heinz Hoyer. Bottom left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). ‐ ‐ The motif of the coin of Hesse was originally intended to be the Römer (city hall) in Frankfurt upon Main.

🔎		Germany	30 Jan. 2015	25th anniversary of German Reunification	20001 20002 20005	30,517,100	•
	Description : In the foreground, the coin depicts a cheering crowd of people symbolising a new beginning and a departure from the old. In the background, the symbol of German unity, the Brandenburg Gate ‐ crowned by the quadriga on which the goddess of victory, Victoria stands, symbolising peace to the city. The expression "WIR SIND EIN VOLK" (we a one people) repeated three times is depicted in a semicircle on the right. This symbolises the collective expression of the will of the German citizens on the road to German reunification. On the 3rd of October 1990, the mandate of the Basic Law to the German people to unfication of Germany was fulfilled when the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany. The coin design by the sculptor Bernd Wendhut (signet "BW", bottom right) was awarded second prize in the design competition for the € 10 commemorative coin on the theme of 20 years of German reunification. The designer has two of the jubilant figures hold up a stylised euro symbol imparting that "Germany is a part of Europe". On the left in a semi‐circle are the words "25 JAHRE DEUTSCHE EINHEIT 2015" (25th anniversary of German reunification 2015), on the left of the Brandenburg Gate is the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). The German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) appears at the bottom left. In October 2015 a 25 Euro silver coin with the same design has been minted in fine silver (999/1000).

🔎		Germany	05 Nov. 2015	30 years EU‐Flag	20001 20002 20005	30,125,000	•
	Description : From 1950, the Council of Europe had been working on the design of a flag for Europe. The proposal to adopt the emblem of the Paneuropa Union, founded by Richard Coudenhove‐Kalergi in 1922, was rejected because of its supposed Christian symbolism. In 1955 it was agreed that the European flag, also adopted by the European Community on 29th of June 1985, would be the European flag with the twelve (a number of twelve is considered a sign of perfection) golden stars in a circular (symbolising unity) arrangement on a blue background. To mark the 30th anniversary of the EU flag, all 19 EU countries which use the euro as their official currency issued a commemorative €2 coin. There were five designs to choose from which could be voted for online. The result was declared on 28th of May 2015. The coin design was created by Georgios Stamatopoulos, coin designer at the Bank of Greece, whose initials "ΓΣ" can be seen in the lower right‐hand corner. It shows twelve stylised persons in a circle around a European flag with the twelve euro stars. National characteristics : Above is the name of the issuing country "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" (Federal States of Germany), followed by the dates "1985‐2015". The German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) is shown on the right.

🔎		Germany	05 Feb. 2016	Saxony (Zwinger Palace in Dresden) 11th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,677,600	•
	Description : The coin designed by Jordi Truxa depicts the inner courtyard of the Zwinger in Dresden with a view of the crown gate. On the spire of the onion‐shaped dome, four eagles bear the replica of the Polish royal crown ‐ the crown gate glorifies the Polish royal office of Augustus the Strong as a fruitful government. The niche figures on the courtyard side show on the left Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and marriage, created by Balthasar Permoser around 1715 to symbolise summer, and on the right Pomona, the Roman goddess of tree fruits, who embodies autumn allegories. The year of issue "2016" is shown on the top left, the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and the initials "JT" of the coin designer are shown on the top right, the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) and the name of the federal state "SACHSEN" (Saxony) are shown bottom centre.

🔎		Germany	03 Feb. 2017	Rhineland‐Palatinate (Porta Nigra in Trier) 12th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,616,300	•
	Description : The Porta Nigra, built around 180 A.D. as the town gate of the Roman town of Augusta Treverorum, has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Trier since 1986 as the best preserved Roman town gate north of the Alps. Due to financial constraints, the construction, which was begun under Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was never finally completed. At the bottom of the motif is the name of the federal state "RHEINLAND-PFALZ" (Rhineland‐Palatinate) and the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). To the middle left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and at the top of the motif the year of issue "2017". On the right are the initials "CH" of the coin designer František Chochola.

🔎		Germany	30 Jan. 2018	Berlin (Charlottenburg Palace) 13th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	36,636,500	•
	Description : The coin shows the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin facing the street but without the equestrian statue of the Great Elector. The palace was extended between 1701‐1713 in the late baroque style by Johann Friedrich Eosander Göthe. The dome of the palace is dominated by a sculpture of Fortuna, the goddess of fate, which is a 4.50 m high replica of the Baroque original and was made of gilded copper plate by Richard Scheibe in 1954, the original being destroyed in the war. In the foreground on top of the two guard houses are marble replicas of an ancient bronze statue known as the Borghesian fencer dating from the 3rd century BC, probably made by Agasias (son of Dositheos) from Ephesus around 100 BC. The year of issue "2018" is shown at the top left, the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) top right, the federal state name "BERLIN" is at the bottom and below it the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). The logo of the coin designer Bodo Broschat is located under the left fencing statue. ‐ ‐ Originally the Reichstag building was to be depicted on the coin.

🔎		Germany	30 Jan. 2018	100th birthday of Helmut Schmidt	20001 20002 20005	30,621,000	•
	Description : The motif shows Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1974‐1982, in typical conversational posture. Together with French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, he took decisive steps towards further European integration. This led to the establishment of the European Council, the introduction of the European Monetary System and the European Currency Unit (ECU) on the 1st of January 1979, which would later become European Economic and Monetary Union and the euro. The name "HELMUT SCHMIDT" is shown in a semicircle in the upper right‐hand corner, with the dates "1918‐2015" and the German mint mark below it (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). Mid left is the initial "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) which is the abbreviation for the country of issue, below it the year of issue "2018". At the bottom is the logo of the coin designer Bodo Broschat.

🔎		Germany	29 Jan. 2019	70 years of the Bundesrat (Prussian manor house in Berlin) 14th coin in the Federal States series	20001 20002 20005	30,507,300	•
	Description : The Prussian Manor, built between 1899 and 1904, initially housed the First Chamber of the Prussian Parliament. From 1921 to 1933 the Prussian State Council met in the building, and in 1935 the Prussian House Foundation, which was affiliated to the Reich Aviation Ministry, converted it into the House of Aviation. After 1946 it was used by the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. Since 2000, the building has served as the seat of the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament), which was constituted in 1949. This 70th anniversary is the reason for the commemorative coin. At the top of the motif is the year "2019", on the top left of the motif is the mint mark of the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) and on the top right the ligatured initials "mo" of the coin designer Michael Otto. At the bottom of the motif is the inscription "BUNDESRAT" and below it the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). The designer's B‐design (which was not executed) (see Image) depicted not only the building but also the position of the Bundesrat and the voting weights of its 16 constituent federal states.

🔎		Germany	10 Oct. 2019	30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Joint issue of Germany and France	20001 20002 20005	30,297,000	•
	Description : The coin commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall on the 9th of November 1989, which opened the way for the reunification of Germany involving freedom and democracy. It symbolically ends not only the division of Germany, but also of Europe and the world, and marks the end of the Cold War ‐ a historical event of global significance. This important change was sealed by the Two Plus Four Treaty, which paved the way for the reunification of Germany on the 3rd of October 1990. The coin was issued jointly by France and Germany and shows the Berlin Wall, which appears to be opened in the centre, is crossed by three doves of peace and a cheering crowd. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate symbolising Berlin and on the right‐hand segment of the wall is a detail (albeit reversed) of the 37.20 m x 3.60 m painting We Are One People, created by Shamil Gimayev in 1990. Deviations in the design exist with regard to the country code at the bottom right, "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) or "RF" (République française, French Republic), the mint mark and the text element incorporated in the collage. While on the French coin the occasion is in French and German ("30 ANS LA CHUTE MUR DE BERLIN" "30 JAHRE MAUERFALL" - 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall), the German motif reproduces the text exclusively in German. At the bottom is the year of issue "2019" and on the German version the German mint mark is to the left (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), on the French variant a cornucopia as the sign of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac. On the right‐hand side is a pentagon the logo of mint master Yves Sampo and above it the qudratic logo of the coin designer Joaquin Jimenez.

🔎		Germany	28 Jan. 2020	Brandenburg (Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam) 15th coin in the Federal States series	20002 20007 20008	30,567,500	•
	Description : Sanssouci Palace (from French sans souci 'without worry') is one of the most famous Hohenzollern palaces in Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg. According to his own sketches, the Prussian King Friedrich II had a small summer palace built in the rococo style by the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747. In 1990 the palaces and parks of Potsdam and Berlin were declared a World Heritage Site. The southern side of the palace is depicted on the coin with the terraced vineyard in the foreground. Frederick the Great's wish to be buried on the upper vineyard terrace was only fulfilled in 1991. Two of the statues of the fountain roundel placed at the foot of the vineyard ‐ the originals are now in the Bode‐Museum in Berlin ‐ remind us of love and death: Venus (left) and Mercury (right); they were created by Jean‐Baptiste Pigalle in 1748 and were a gift from the French King Louis XV. At the top of the motif is the year of issue "2020", to the left of it the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), on the right of it the initials "JT" of the coin designer Jordi Truxa. At the bottom of the motif is the federal state name "BRANDENBURG" and the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany).

🔎		Germany	08 Oct. 2020	50th anniversary of the Warsaw kneeling	20002 20007 20008	30,350,000	•
	Description : The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto of captured Jews against their deportation to extermination camps began on the 19th of April 1943. The insurgents, who were completely inadequately armed, fought bitter battles for four weeks in the ghetto with the German occupying forces, which claimed a total of 12,000 victims. A further 30,000 people were shot after the fighting had finished and 7,000 were transported to death camps. Chancellor Willy Brandt laid a wreath at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial on the 7th of December 1970, immediately before the signing of the Warsaw Treaty. He then sank to his knees. This gesture of humility, the plea for forgiveness for the German crimes committed in the Second World War, made history as Warsaw's kneeling. Bodo Broschat depicts this scene on the coin. On the left is a seven‐armed candlestick flanked by two lions, a symbol of Judaism. In a circle in two segments are the words "50 JAHRE KNIEFALL" / "VON WARSCHAU" (50th anniversary of the Warsaw kneeling). The year of issue "2020" is centre left, below it the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), on the right the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) and above it the designer's logo.

🔎		Germany	26 Jan. 2021	Saxony‐Anhalt (Magdeburg Cathedral) 16th coin in the Federal States series	20002 20007 20008	30,433,900	•
	Description : Construction of the first Gothic cathedral on German soil began in 1209 at the instigation of Archbishop Albrecht I of Käfernburg, this was after its predecessor, the late Romanesque building was destroyed in the city of Magdeburg fire of 1207. Archbishop Burchard III, to finance the construction, rigorously raised the beer tax amongst other things and was slain by outraged citizens in 1325. In 1363 the nave of the unfinished cathedral was consecrated. Construction work was resumed in 1477 and completed in 1520 under Archbishop Ernst II of Saxony. At the time of the Reformation, Magdeburg was a stronghold of Protestantism and the cathedral became Protestant in 1567. In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, army commander Tilly conquered Magdeburg. The subsequent massacre, sarcastically called the Magdeburg Wedding, cost the lives of 20,000 citizens ‐ Pope Urban VIII rejoiced at the "destruction of the heretic's nest". After severe damage from air raids on Magdeburg in January 1945 and restoration after the war, the cathedral was reopened in 1955. The Roman‐German Emperor Otto I the Great (912‐973) is buried in the cathedral the north‐east view of which is depicted on the coin. At the top of the motif is "2021", at the bottom "SACHSEN‐ANHALT" and below it the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). In the middle on the left is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe oder J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg). On the right are the initials "mo" of the designer Michael Otto.

🔎		Germany	25 Jan. 2022	Thuringia (Wartburg Castle) 17th coin in the Federal States series	20003 20005	30,424,900	•
	Work in progress

🔎		Germany	01 Jul. 2022	35th anniversary of the Erasmus Program	20003 20005 20009	17,265,000	•
	Description : ERASMUS is a backronym for EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students. The ERASMUS exchange programme is aimed at EU citizens who have been studying at a university for at least one year and supports a three to twelve‐month stay abroad at a university within the EU, or an internship. In addition, there are master's and doctoral programmes, programmes for young entrepreneurs, for school education, vocational training and adult education. Internships as well as professional development measures are financially supported and language courses abroad are also made possible for working people. The backronym refers to the Dutch philosopher and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam (∼1466‐1536), described as "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists", depicted after a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger created in 1523. The French coin designer Joaquin Jimenez, whose initials "J.J." appear next to Erasmus' pen, has designed as a background a network of connecting lines between the twelve stars arranged in a circle and symbolising Europe, which is intended to represent the manifold intellectual and human exchanges between European students. By relieving some partial areas between the connecting lines, the numbers 3 and 5 emerge, referring to the 35th anniversary of the programme. In a block of three to four lines of lettering arranged in a quarter circle at the bottom right, the commemorative period is written as "1987-2022" (the last number also designating the year of issue) below the occasion of issue, followed by the name of the issuing state, if this does not consist of an abbreviation placed in the centre of the motif. National characteristics : The country abbreviation "D" (Germany) is placed centrally below the centre line. The quarter circle at the bottom right has three lines; below the commemorative period, is the issue occasion "ERASMUS PROGRAMME" (in English). At the bottom on the left sleeve is the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg).

🔎		Germany	24 Jan. 2023	Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie) 1st coin in the 2nd Federal States series	20003 20005 20009	30,331,200	•
	Description : The first coin of the Federal States Series II, which focuses in particular on the cultural identity and regional characteristics of the individual states, is dedicated to the federal state of Hamburg in accordance with the order of the alternating presidencies of the Federal Council. Hamburg presents itself with the Elbphilharmonie, the new landmark of the maritime Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ‐ located in the port of Hamburg, which as part of the Lower Elbe is exposed to the tides. According to the design of the Swiss architects "Herzog & de Meuron", a modern structure with a glass faĉade and an undulating roof was erected using the shell of the former 'Kaispeicher A' as a base. The total height of the concert hall, which was built from 2007 to 2016 and inaugurated in 2017, is 110 metres. A calculated investment volume of €77 million ultimately became €866 million. The coin design by the artist Michael Otto, whose ligatured initials "mo" appear on the right, shows the "Elphi" against the backdrop of the neo‐Gothic brick architecture of Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district and with two of Hamburg's typical launches used as tugboats or for passenger tours on the Norderelbe. On the right are three historic half‐portal loading cranes on the quay ‐ the last of what were once more than 1,000 cranes of this kind in the Hamburg port area ‐ which were used to load coffee and cocoa sacks from the ships into the interior of the Kaispeicher warehouse until the early 1990s. At the bottom it says "HAMBURG", on the left the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland, Germany) and below it the year of issue "2023" as well as the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe oder J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg).

🔎		Germany	30 Mar. 2023	1275th Birthday of Charlemagne	20003 20005 20009	20,275,000	•
	Description : Charlemagne (748-814) was the eldest son of Pippin the Younger. He was king of the Frankish Empire from 768, together with his brother Carloman I until 771. He was the first Western European ruler since antiquity to attain the imperial dignity ‐ the imperial coronation by Pope Leo III took place on the 25th of December 800 in St Peter's Basilica (Old St Peter's) in Rome. Charlemagne was the most important ruler from the Carolingian dynasty; the Frankish Empire reached its greatest expansion and development of power under him. As the most important state in the West since the fall of Western Rome, it rose to become the new great power alongside Byzantium and the Abbasid Caliphate and encompassed the core of early medieval Latin Christendom. Aachen, Charlemagne's main residence, remained the coronation site of the Roman German kings until the 16th century. The coin designer Tobias Winnen shows Charlemagne's signum, according to a document issued in 790 (with his own execution line at the top within the rhombus of the monogram), in front of the stylised ground plan of Aachen Cathedral, built from 795 to 803 according to Byzantine models as the chapel of the Aachen Imperial Palace. Around the rhombus, the eight supporting pillars of the cloister vault of the dome are visible, which for centuries remained the widest and highest woodless room covering north of the Alps. The gallery surrounding the interior of the Palatine Chapel connects the octagon with the hexagon of the outer contour by means of eight triangular and eight quadrangular compartments. Charlemagne's bones were transferred from the tomb in the Palatine Chapel to Charlemagne's shrine inside the Gothic choir hall in 1215. The issue occasion "KARL DER GROßE" (KARL THE GREAT) can be seen at the top, with the dates of his life "748‐814" at the bottom. The year of issue "2023" is shown at the bottom left, the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland /Germany) and the German mint mark (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) are shown at the bottom right. The initials "TW" of the designer can be found on the right side of the rhombus.

🔎		Germany	30 Jan. 2025	Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania (Königsstuhl) 2nd coin in the 2nd Federal States series	20003 20005	30,000,000	•
	Work in progress

🔎		Germany	21 Mar. 2024	175th anniversary of the Paulskirche constitution	20003 20005	20,000,000	•
	Work in progress

References :
20001	Images taken with authorisation by the ECB ‐ Mail dated 20.Feb.2020 © "European Central Bank"	20002	Data mirrored from Wikipedia Page "2_euro_commemorative_coins" with friendly support of the guardians of that page.
20003	Images taken with authorisation by H....... Hamburg	20004	Coloured version of this Commemorative Coin in circulation EU‐legal‐technical specifications do not recongnise colour prints. The EU nevertheless tolerates them, as their numbers are very small and they are sold in special packs and therefor are very unlikely to be used as currency.
20005	enlarged Images taken with authorisation by Gerd Seyffert © "Gerd Seyffert 2021"	20006	Not Applicable
20007	Images taken by Münzen Kreuzberg © "Münzen Kreuzberg 2021"	20008	enlarged Images taken by Münzen Kreuzberg © "Münzen Kreuzberg 2021"
20009	Text with kind permission by Gerd Seyffert © "Gerd Seyffert 2023"	20010	Not Applicable