tabbs Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 According to unfounded rumors from usually well informed sources the German federal government has just decided which collector coins will be issued in 2008. (Yes, that last digit is an eight; 2007 is old hats ...) 2 € - German states series: Hamburg - ADFGJ - 1 February http://www.ecb.europa.eu/bc/euro/coins/com...omm_2008_de.jpg This commemorative coin is the only 2008 piece of which the design is already known. It shows St. Michael's church in the city (and state) of Hamburg. That €2 coin will be legal tender (and actually circulate) in the entire currency union. The following six issues are collector coins (legal tender in the issuing member state only): 10 €: Carl Spitzweg (born 200 years ago) - D - 7 February http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg Spitzweg was a German/Bavarian artist; the ironical painting "The Poor Poet" http://www.carl-spitzweg.de/Galerie/Bilder...spitzweg001.jpg is probably his most famous work. 10 €: Max Planck (born 150 years ago) - F - 10 April http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg Max Planck was a 19-20c physicist; he is also depicted on the 2 DM circulation coins issued between 1957 and 1971 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...ck_2DM_grau.gif and on a GDR commem http://www.muenzenladen.de/nvCOM/images/ddr/5mark/8109.jpg issued in 1983. 10 €: Franz Kafka (born 125 years ago) - G - 10 July http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg Kafka was a writer (Der Prozess/The Trial) in the early 20c. He was born, and spent most of his life, in Prague - then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Czech Republic. But he wrote primarily in German, and also lived in Berlin for some time (1923/24) shortly before he died. 10 €: 50 years Gorch Fock - J - 7 August http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg The ship "Gorch Fock" is a training sail vessel of the German navy. The current Gorch Fock was built in 1958 (the older one is a museum ship in Stralsund). A vessel of that type is also shown on the 10 DM notes issued between 1963 and 1990. http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/Germa...ic/gfr031_b.jpg 100 € (gold) - Unesco World Cultural Heritage series: Goslar - ADFGJ - 1 October http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Shar...rty=default.jpg That series of gold coins honors protected architectural ensembles, not single buildings. Previous issues were dedicated to the historic centers of Bamberg and Quedlinburg for example. 10 €: The Nebra Sky Disk - A - 9 October http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg The early bronze age "Himmelsscheibe von Nebra", found in 1999 under strange circumstances - more information at http://www.archlsa.de/sterne/ (page in German; the FAQ is in German and English). (2007-12-05: Added the design images for the 2008 coins.) (2008-02-06: Updated some 2008 dates of issue.) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 The Hamburg, Gorch Fock and Max Planck intriguie me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Let's move on ... to 2009. Two €2 commemorative coins, six €10 silver coins, and one €100 gold coin, will be issued in that year. This will be the 2009 coin from the German States series: http://www.bbr.bund.de/DE/WettbewerbeAussc...rty=default.jpg The coin honors Saarland, and the building depicted is the Ludwigskirche, a baroque church in the state capital Saarbrücken. (Note that the image shows a draft design; the common side for example will of course have the current map.) More about the other issues later ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I will need the Hamburg and Bayern commems, since the ancestors came from those countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 No, you don't need the Hamburg piece, that one is ... derrière beauty-challenged. The Bavaria coin is scheduled for 2012 and will probably show Neuschwanstein Castle. (Aren't you glad you don't have any ancestors from Brandenburg? That piece comes in 2021 ...) Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 More info about the 2009 (and 2010) issues is here: http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=19076 Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 The Elizabeth of Thuringia is coming out next month if memory serves correct, I hope you have me on the want list for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Right, that one will not be issued in 2008-2009. And, yes. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted December 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 The first post now has links to the images of all the 2008 designs. Note that these pictures show drafts or plaster models; the actual coins will be bimetallic (€2), silver (€10) and gold (€100) pieces ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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