2 mark GERMANY (1957-1971) Max Planck
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: |
| 26.75 mm | 7.0 g | 1.8 mm | Cu75Ni25 |
obverse:
eagle - coat of arms centered divides the issue year; below the eagle face value: 2; along the right edge: DEUTSCHE MARK (German mark); along the left edge: BUNDESREPUBLIK • DEUTSCHLAND • (Federal Republic of Germany); ring of pearls at the edge
reverse:
head of Max Planck looking left; along the top edge: MAX PLANCK; along the bottom edge: 1858-1947; ring of pearls at the edge
edge:
plain with concave inscription: EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (unity and justice and liberty), words separated by oak leaves
issue date:
21 VI 1958
withdrawal date:
1 VIII 1973
designer:
Karl Roth
mint:
(D) Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt (The Bavarian Main Mint), Munich;
(F) Staatliche Münze Stuttgart (The State Mint Stuttgart), Stuttgart;
(G) Staatliche Münze Baden Württemberg (The State Mint Baden Württemberg), Karlsruhe;
(J) Hamburgische Münze (The Hamburg Mint), Hamburg
(relevant mint mark between face value 2 and DEUTSCHE MARK in the obverse)
(F) Staatliche Münze Stuttgart (The State Mint Stuttgart), Stuttgart;
(G) Staatliche Münze Baden Württemberg (The State Mint Baden Württemberg), Karlsruhe;
(J) Hamburgische Münze (The Hamburg Mint), Hamburg
(relevant mint mark between face value 2 and DEUTSCHE MARK in the obverse)
mintage:
| D | F | G | J | |
| 1957 | 7 452 000 | 6 337 000 | 2 598 000 | 110 210 000 |
| 1958 | 12 623 000 | 16 825 000 | 10 744 000 | 9 408 000 |
| 1959 | 1 020 000 | 203 000 | - | - |
| 1960 | 3 535 000 | 3 692 000 | 2 695 000 | 4 676 000 |
| 1961 | 3 918 000 | 3 872 000 | 2 776 000 | 2 940 000 |
| 1962 | 4 105 000 | 3 344 000 | 1 800 000 | 3 309 000 |
| 1963 | 4 411 000 | 3 752 000 | 3 448 000 | 7 348 000 |
| 1964 | 5 205 000 | 4 834 000 | 3 044 000 | 2 681 000 |
| 1965 | 3 903 000 | 4 045 000 | 2 599 000 | 4 006 000 |
| 1966 | 5 855 000 | 3 750 000 | 3 895 000 | 6 014 000 |
| 1967 | 3 254 000 | 3 758 000 | 1 878 000 | 6 684 000 |
| 1968 | 4 166 000 | 1 050 000 | 3 060 000 | 939 000 |
| 1969 | 2 602 000 | 3 005 000 | 1 754 000 | 2 680 000 |
| 1970 | 5 203 000 | 6 018 000 | 3 461 000 | 5 691 000 |
| 1971 | 8 451 000 | 10 017 000 | 5 631 000 | 8 786 000 |
varieties:
1959 (D), (F) , 1960 (D), 1970 (F), 1971 (G) - there exist coins struck on nickel planchets (which are ferromagnetic)
1965 (J) and 1985 (J) - there exist coins without any inscription on the edge
1965 (J) and 1985 (J) - there exist coins without any inscription on the edge
interesting facts:
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858-1947) - German physicist, Nobel Prize winner in 1918, researcher in fields of thermodynamics, thermal radiation, optics, theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
last update: 13 XI 2012
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