tabbs Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Next year Germany starts a new series of "state coins". These will be circulating €2 commems, like the ones issued by other euro countries last year and this year. The concept was obviously inspired by the Canadian provinces series and similar later issues like the US state quarters or Polish voivodship coins. Beginning in February, one state per year will be honored. Germany has 16 states, so the series should run for a while. The 2006 coin will feature Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state. The order of the coins, however, is not geographic (and obviously not alphabetic either, hehe) but reflects which state has the presidency in the Bundesrat, the states chamber of the Federal Parliament. The "state twoers" will be issued in addition to the regular €2 coins with the eagle on the country specific side. At the Coins and Stamps Expo in Cologne last month, the German Numismatic Office presented the 2006 proof set which will also contain both €2 coins. Production of the Schleswig-Holstein coin has already started, so what you see in the picture below is an actual piece. The set is still a dummy in that the other coins are dated 2005 ... Larger view: http://coinpeople.com/uploads/1129848821/g...5_74_149676.jpg (Thanks to andiCT from muenzen.net for the image.) The Schleswig-Holstein coin shows the Holstentor in Lübeck, the most famous of the old city gates in that Hanseatic city. Future coins in that series will also show prominent buildings. Mintage of the €2 commem will be about 15 million (Stuttgart 3.6 million, Munich 3.2m, Hamburg 3.2m, Berlin 3.0m, Karlsruhe 2.1m). The mintages for 2007 and later will be decided upon later. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Looks nice! I look forward to these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Looks nice! I look forward to these. Me too. Now to find people to get them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbycoin Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Looks nice! I look forward to these. Me too. Now to find people to get them.. What they said... anyone that can get them let us know! -Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Getting those coins should not be a big problem for me, as long as you do not want specific mint marks. The official release date is 3 February, which is also the first day of the "World Money Fair" in Berlin. So in about four months I will dig this discussion up again. Here is a picture of the cardboard thingie that holds the coin set: http://www.zwei-euro.com/zwei-euro/deutsch...-verpackung.jpg On the left you see the list of states, and which state will be honored when. On the right (above) there are the coin specifications, and (below) you find some brief info about the state and the depicted monument. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalk64 Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 Count me in on this one!!! Just hope I live long enough to see the end of the series. Will make a great set and very educational for us U.S. collectors who never really got real world history in school! Will look forward to this release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 I might have to do this even though I don't like bimets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The newspaper "Lübecker Nachrichten" had an article, earlier this week, about a visit to the Hamburg Mint. Of course the reporter was primarily interested in seeing how the Schleswig-Holstein euros (with the Holstentor in Lübeck) are made. Well, they have not been released yet. But here is a handful of the SH two-ers: http://www.numismatico.de/files/luebeck2_204.jpg Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Oh, I do like the looks of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 I actually do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeggy Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Here you can find a movie about the production process of the new Holstentor coin and more... http://stream1.messe.de/muenze/500k.wmv The movie was released by the official mint of Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 One more month until these ... ... are officially released. (Not my picture; taken at the Munich mint.) And from what I have read, the total mintage of the Schleswig-Holstein coin will be 30 million. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I might have to do this even though I don't like bimets. Oh my Gawd, there is a coin the Bunny doesn't like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Count me in please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 These are neat and it's good to see something modern that is worth collecting for a change! (he said controversially) . However, if I started to collect these i'd want one from each mint...and for the next sixteen years. What's the best way of going about that, given that i'm not looking to get involved with buying year sets? Also, does each mint produce a proof coin too or is it just one of the mints designated to produce proofs? Sorry, i'm a bit out of touch with modern German coinage production these days. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Count me in please. Done. You're "in" also as far as the circulation coins are concerned. Maybe I can get a BU set and thus kill two (or rather nine) birds with one stone. Will have to see when these are issued ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 However, if I started to collect these i'd want one from each mint...and for the next sixteen years. What's the best way of going about that, given that i'm not looking to get involved with buying year sets? Also, does each mint produce a proof coin too or is it just one of the mints designated to produce proofs? Sorry, i'm a bit out of touch with modern German coinage production these days. The mints make €2 "Holstentor" coin rolls such as these ones: http://www.zwei-euro.com/zwei-euro/deutsch...egung/paket.jpg These rolls, as well as individual pieces, will then be available at the Bundesbank branch offices (and, a little later, from commercial banks). However, I do not know whether my local Bundesbank branch, for example, will have pieces/rolls from all five mints. Probably not. And yes, each mint makes a proof(like) version. But these pieces will not be sold individually, only in the mint sets. From what I know about the distribution, * 30 million pieces will be in rolls, and are supposed to actually circulate; * about 500,000 "uncirculated" coins will be in the annual unc. sets; * and about 400,000 "prooflike" pieces will be in the PL sets. Divide the latter two figures by five, and you know roughly how many each mint makes. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 count me in please, I think I really gunna like that serie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 The mints make €2 "Holstentor" coin rolls such as these ones:http://www.zwei-euro.com/zwei-euro/deutsch...egung/paket.jpg These rolls, as well as individual pieces, will then be available at the Bundesbank branch offices (and, a little later, from commercial banks). However, I do not know whether my local Bundesbank branch, for example, will have pieces/rolls from all five mints. Probably not. And yes, each mint makes a proof(like) version. But these pieces will not be sold individually, only in the mint sets. From what I know about the distribution, * 30 million pieces will be in rolls, and are supposed to actually circulate; * about 500,000 "uncirculated" coins will be in the annual unc. sets; * and about 400,000 "prooflike" pieces will be in the PL sets. Divide the latter two figures by five, and you know roughly how many each mint makes. Christian Thanks for the info Christian. I think investing in a roll from each mint would be getting just a little carried away with things. I might just have to settle for one mint after all. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I might as well join the bandwagon, too. Thank you for the efforts, Christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 It will take a couple more days until these pieces are "officially" released ... but apparently they have already been sighted in the wild. Or rather, one of them. http://www.kn-online.de/news/archiv/?id=1790114 (Article in German) Eight-year-old Tim in Stockelsdorf near Lübeck has one, according to the article. He got it from a neighbor who knew he collects coins. And the neighbor thinks she got the piece about a week ago when shopping ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henare Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 please count me in, too ... thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Ah, I got them today! Will make a list of "orders" later and PM everybody. You will all get Schleswig-Holstein coins from Baden-Württemberg. G/Karlsruhe to be precise. That is what they had this morning ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tabbs Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 This is a list of people who want to have the piece or at least showed some vague interest. bobbycoin Burks crystalk64 henare Ian (?) kuhli Ray (?) Sir Sisu Tiffibunny Trantor_3 Ukraina Dvi Have I forgotten anybody? Just holler ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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