20 euro cent GERMANY (from 2007)

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 map of Europe; 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 2007

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
2007	21 600 000 + 90 000 ^*	22 680 000 + 90 000 ^*	~ 25 720 000 + 90 000 ^*	15 120 000 + 90 000 ^*	22 930 000 + 90 000 ^*
2008	15 800 000 + 80 000 ^*	16 590 000 + 80 000 ^*	18 960 000 + 80 000 ^*	11 060 000 + 80 000 ^*	16 340 000 + 80 000 ^*
2009	21 600 000 + 60 000 ^*	22 680 000 + 60 000 ^*	25 920 000 + 60 000 ^*	15 120 000 + 60 000 ^*	22 680 000 + 60 000 ^*
2010	24 400 000 + 53 800 ^*	25 620 000 + 46 800 ^*	29 280 000 + 46 800 ^*	17 080 000 + 46 800 ^*	25 620 000 + 46 800 ^*
2011	33 000 000 + 48 000 ^*	34 650 000 + 44 000 ^*	39 600 000 + 44 000 ^*	23 100 000 + 44 000 ^*	34 650 000 + 44 000 ^*
2012	21 200 000 + 45 000 ^*	22 260 000 + 40 000 ^*	25 440 000 + 40 000 ^*	14 840 000 + 40 000 ^*	22 260 000 + 40 000 ^*
2013	16 000 000 + 42 500 ^*	16 800 000 + 36 100 ^*	19 200 000 + 36 100 ^*	11 200 000 + 36 100 ^*	16 800 000 + 36 100 ^*
2014	19 200 000 + 38 000 ^*	20 160 000 + 33 000 ^*	23 040 000 + 33 000 ^*	13 440 000 + 33 000 ^*	20 160 000 + 33 000 ^*

^* in annual sets

interesting facts:

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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