2 euro GERMANY (2006) Schleswig-Holstein

in the centre the gate Holstentor in Lubeck; lower in two lines: SCHLESWIG - / HOLSTEIN; along the bottom edge: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (Federal Republic of Germany); along the top edge year of issue: 2006 divides twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the centre face value: 2, 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)

reeded with concave inscription: (unity and justice and liberty and eagle from German Coat of Arms)

3 II 2006

circulating

Heinz Hoyer (initials HH right from the gate on the obverse), Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO on the reverse)

(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 left from the gate on the obverse)

	A	D	F	G	J
2006	6 000 000 + 90 000 * + 60 000 **	6 300 000 + 90 000 * + 60 000 **	7 200 000 + 90 000 * + 60 000 **	4 200 000 + 90 000 * + 60 000 **	6 300 000 + 90 000 * + 60 000 **

^* in annual sets
^** in commemorative blisters

 States of Germany - a series of commemorative German 2 euro coins:

	2 EURO (2006) Schleswig-Holstein
	2 EURO (2007) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
	2 EURO (2008) Hamburg; also struck by accident with the old reverse
	2 EURO (2009) Saarland
	2 EURO (2010) Bremen
	2 EURO (2011) North Rhein - Westphalia
	2 EURO (2012) Bavaria
	2 EURO (2013) Baden-Württemberg

This coin is the first one from the series promoting federal states of Germany. The medievial city gate Holstentor in Lubeck was chosen the most characteristic for the Schleswig-Holstein state. The gate was constructed around 1478 and was protecting the city from the West. It was registered as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.


photo: Glenn Strong; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0