tabbs Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 later in 2006 a €10 piece dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the Hanseatic League comes out That coin will be issued in September. Here is a (draft) image of the winning design: Looks good to me. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 No, not bad at all. I like it. Any info about the design? Certain questions come to mind; what city is in the background? Why the star on the obverse? Why is the text/date weighted towards the right of the coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Can you go into the Post Office or a Bank and buy these at face value like the old DM coins? That was one thing I liked when I was in Germany was buying up all these silver coins to bring back as souvenirs. This is one I might like also, but don't want to pay E30 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Can you go into the Post Office or a Bank and buy these at face value like the old DM coins? Yes, the silver pieces can be had at face value. Not all the banks have them, since these collector coins are practically irrelevant for cash transactions. (That was almost the same in DM times, but now it is worse since, unlike the regular euro/cent coins and the commemorative €2 pieces, the collector coins can only be used in the issuing country.) However, all Bundesbank branch offices and many commercial banks have those €10 coins, and you pay €10 to get one. The prooflike version is a little more expensive (€15), and you have to buy it from the Numismatic Office or a dealer. @Sir Sisu: The designer of this piece is Erich Ott (who has designed several German commems). The ship is what in German is called a Kogge - the "typical" Hanse ship. Don't think that any specific city is depicted; the press release of the Ministery of Finance just talks about "additional design elements such as man, architecture and water". The edge inscription will be "Wandel durch Handel - Von der Hanse nach Europa" (Change through trade - from the Hanse to Europe). Don't know what the star represents. And the text is probably leaning towards the right because our new federal government is leaning a little further towards the right than the old one. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I like to think the city is Hansestadt Hamburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I like it! ANd I bet akdrv would want one too, as he collects coins related to Hanze cities. Bolsward, the city I live is also a Hanze city And that ship is called Kogge® here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 The city scene in the background could be Hamburg or Lübeck, for example, but it would actually make sense to depict a "generic" Hanse city. @Trantor_3: Have a look at this ... http://www.hanse.org/hanse_staedte_details...dte_id=97&lg=en If anybody is interested in that coin, I can most probably get some. Keep in mind, though, that it will be issued in Sep-2006. So, no "orders" yet, please. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 @Trantor_3: Have a look at this ...http://www.hanse.org/hanse_staedte_details...dte_id=97&lg=en Yup, that's the city I live All info given seems to be correct although some names have been translated a bit weird.... If anybody is interested in that coin, I can most probably get some. Keep in mind, though, that it will be issued in Sep-2006. So, no "orders" yet, please. I am certainly interested. I'd like to take an option on ordering one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 btw: we have our own coin in Bolsward: It's legal tender in Bolsward and worth one glass of pop or beer in the local establishments. There's two varietes , one minted in 1995 and one in 2000 see also: http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=892955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. Isn't there a whole series of Hanse cities commems that's supposed to come out next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Oh MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME! As if you didn't know. I love the ship, it's fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 ...Bolsward, the city I live is also a Hanze city ... I do not live in a Hansa city, but I do live in a city that was founded specifically to compete with one. It was not a success in its day though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 And according to http://www.hanse.org Turku is also a member of the "modern Hanse" ... By the way, I still don't know what that star with the eight rays represents, but it can also be found on other coins. Here is an example from Danzig, made 70 years ago: http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/peus/383/05139q00.jpg @akdrv: Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. That series you mentioned is a little different. Beginning in February, Germany issues "state two-ers", sixteen €2 coins, one for each state. The first one in that series is Lübeck, the main Hanse city so to say, but the piece shows the "Holstentor" city gate. And in 2007, Lübeck will also be the theme of a €100 gold coin in the Unesco World Cultural Heritage series ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Here are the other "winners" (second, third, fourth) of the design competition: http://www.bbr.bund.de/index.html?/wettbewerbe/muenzen.htm There were more participating artists, but these four won a prize. (Only #1 will be minted of course.) Of these four, I like the winner best. The second one would have been neat if the ship had been bigger. Of course then it would have difficult to read the names of Hanse cities in the background ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Some of those boats remind me of the boat on the Danzig coin: simple and slightly stylized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Here are the other "winners" (second, third, fourth) of the design competition:http://www.bbr.bund.de/index.html?/wettbewerbe/muenzen.htm There were more participating artists, but these four won a prize. (Only #1 will be minted of course.) Of these four, I like the winner best. The second one would have been neat if the ship had been bigger. Of course then it would have difficult to read the names of Hanse cities in the background ... Christian I really like the second design - the ship with city names. All four, however, are excellent designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 They are all nice, I think the last one is my least favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I still don't know what that star with the eight rays represents, but it can also be found on other coins. Ha, now I do. That is the Pole Star (or Polaris) which was useful in navigation ... http://philatelie.deutschepost.de/philatel...&navAction=jump Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 btw: we have our own coin in Bolsward: It's legal tender in Bolsward and worth one glass of pop or beer in the local establishments. There's two varietes , one minted in 1995 and one in 2000 see also: http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=892955 Well, there's three varieties now.... In 2005 a new batch was struck, with the same obverse and a new reverse. I don't have a picture yet, that will follow tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Neat coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 OK, here are all three, this time own pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 The third one's my fave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted August 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 The German "Hanseatic League" coin will be issued on 7 September. Here is another picture: Keep in mind that these design images usually come close to the proof version; the regular version that is "sold" at face value will not have that striking difference between frosted and polished areas. Anyway, if anybody is interested, leave a message here ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Keep in mind that these design images usually come close to the proof version; the regular version that is "sold" at face value will not have that striking difference between frosted and polished areas. Anyway, if anybody is interested, leave a message here ... Das find ich gemein, ich will auch mal ein paar 10er beschaffen können... By the way, great design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted August 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Das find ich gemein, ich will auch mal ein paar 10er beschaffen können... Only too. Ahem, ich meine: nur zu. (Du hast 'ne PM.) Tschüs, Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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