20 euro cent GERMANY (2002-2006)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
22.25 mm	5.74 g	2.14 mm	Cu₈₉Al₅Zn₅Sn₁ (Nordic Gold)

obverse:

in the centre in a disk the Brandenburg Gate; below year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

right from the centre face value: 20, below in two lines: EURO / CENT; on the left a simplified map of Europe showing borders of countries - members of the EU in 1999; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

edge:

plain with seven indents (Spanish Flower)

issue date:

1 I 2002

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Reinhard Heinsdorff, Luc Luycx (initials LL after 20 on the reverse)

mint:

(A) Staatliche Münze Berlin (The State Mint Berlin), Berlin;
(D) Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt (The Bavarian Main Mint), Munich;
(F) Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg), Stuttgart;
(G) Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg), Karlsruhe;
(J) Hamburgische Münze (The Hamburg Mint), Hamburg

(relevant mint mark below the year of issue in the obverse)

mintage:

	A	D	F	G	J
2002	378 150 000 + 135 000 ^*	367 000 000 + 135 000 ^*	421 600 000 + 135 000 ^*	251 900 000 + 135 000 ^*	441 000 000 + 135 000 ^*
2003	41 860 000 + 140 000 ^*	24 100 000 + 140 000 ^*	82 400 000 + 140 000 ^*	42 100 000 + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*
2004	- + 140 000 ^*	49 760 000 + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*
2005	8 000 000 + 100 000 ^*	8 400 000 + 100 000 ^*	9 600 000 + 100 000 ^*	5 600 000 + 100 000 ^*	8 400 000 + 100 000 ^*
2006	39 000 000 + 90 000 ^*	40 950 000 + 90 000 ^*	46 800 000 + 90 000 ^*	27 300 000 + 90 000 ^*	40 950 000 + 90 000 ^*
2007	-	-	~ 200 000	-	-

^* in annual sets

interesting facts:

In 2007 in the State Mint Stuttgart a short serie of coins was by mistake struck using old reverse dies.

The Brandenburg Gate, the most famous city-gate of Berlin, was designed by Karl Gotthard Langhans and built in years 1788-1791. It was topped by a statue of Roman goddess Victory in a Quadriga. After world war II it was standing in a border zone between West Berlin and communistic German Democratic Republic, what made it inaccesible. Only the unification of Germany re-opened the gate for the common use. The Brandenburg Gate became thus the symbol of the united Germany.

photo: Cezary Piwowarski; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 3 XII 2014

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