1 euro GERMANY (2002-2005)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
23.25 mm	7.5 g	2.33 mm	Cu₇₅Zn₂₀Ni₅/Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the centre disk-shaped eagle - German Coat of Arms; below year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

left from the centre face value: 1, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription 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:

three plain and three reeded sections

issue date:

1 I 2002

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Heinz Hoyer, Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer, Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO 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 after the year of issue in the obverse)

mintage:

	A	D	F	G	J
2002	367 900 000 + 135 000 ^*	372 600 000 + 135 000 ^*	439 800 000 + 135 000 ^*	266 350 000 + 135 000 ^*	372 310 000 + 135 000 ^*
2003	50 250 000 + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*	29 850 000 + 140 000 ^*
2004	21 860 000 + 140 000 ^*	89 260 000 + 140 000 ^*	88 200 000 + 140 000 ^*	41 650 000 + 140 000 ^*	- + 140 000 ^*
2005	- + 100 000 ^*	- + 100 000 ^*	- + 100 000 ^*	- + 100 000 ^*	59 840 000 + 100 000 ^*
2006	- + 90 000 ^*	- + 90 000 ^*	- + 90 000 ^*	- + 90 000 ^*	- + 90 000 ^*

^* in annual sets

interesting facts:

In Germany it is allowed to modify the image of the eagle from the official Coat of Arms. Various institutions use therefore various designs of the eagle. The eagle shown on German obverses of euro coins is the most similar to the one designed for the German parliament (Bundestag) by Ludwig Gies in 1953. Geis' eagle was placed in the parliament in the contemporary German capital Bonn and today hangs in the parliament in Berlin.

photo licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 3 XII 2014

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