2 euro GERMANY (2013) Baden-Württemberg

in the center on the left a lavabo of the Maulbronn monastery; on the right the monastery church; below in two lines: BADEN- / WÜRTTEMBERG (Baden-Württemberg); on the bottom a letter: D (DEUTSCHLAND - Germany); on top year of issue: 2013, at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the coin centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription 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)

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

1 II 2013

circulating

Eugen Ruhl (initials ER below the lavabo in 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 Baden-Württembergn 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 at the right edge of the obverse)

	A	D	F	G	J
2013	6 000 000 + 42 500 * + 47 000 **	6 300 000 + 36 100 * + 47 000 **	7 200 000 + 36 100 * + 47 000 **	4 200 000 + 36 100 * + 47 000 **	6 300 000 + 36 100 * + 47 000 **

^* 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

The commemorative coin 2 euro 2013 is another one of the a series promoting federal states of Germany. The most characteristic building of the state Baden-Württemberg was chosen the Maulbronn Monastery. This Cistercian monastery is the best preserved medieval structure of this kind in northern Europe. The first monastery was built here around 1140. The monastery was being expanded over the centuries by successive construction around a courtyard, and everything was protected by a moat. A characteristic feature of the monastery is a decorated washroom combined with a well - so called lavabo shown on the obverse of the coin. In 1993 the Maulbronn Monastery was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site.


photos: Bastian Gläßer, Elke Wetzig; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0