Federal Republic of Germany 10 Euros, 2011

150 Years of Archaeopteryx Discovery

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany
Currency Euro (2002 – 9999)
Coin type Non-circulating coin
Denomination 10 Euros
Year 2011
Ruler Federal Republic (1949–9999)
Composition Copper-nickel
Shape Round
Alignment Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 14
Diameter (mm) 32.5
Thickness (mm) 2.34

Description

10 Euros from Federal Republic of Germany. Issued in 2011. Struck in Copper-nickel. Measures 32.5 mm and weighs 14 g.

Obverse
Representation of the stylized federal eagle and the twelve stars of the European Union in the center of the coin distributed on each side of the eagle. Above the name of the state "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND", the Federal Republic of Germany. Below the eagle the words "Silber 625", silver 625‰, do not appear to avoid any confusion with the coin minted in cupronickel. Below near the scroll is the Berlin workshop mark on the left by the letter "A", the year "2011" and the face value "10 EURO". (Federal Republic of Germany
A 2011 10 Euro)
Reverse
Representation in the center of the room of a reconstruction of a skeleton of the bird Archaopteryx, recognized as one of the first birds, made from the specimen discovered in 1861 in Germany. All around the bird, at the edge of the scroll, the inscription "150 JAHRE ENTDECKUNG DES URVOGEIS", 150 years of the discovery of the Archaeopteryx. To the left of the bird the inscription "SOLNHOFEN EICHSTATT VOR 150 MIO." indicates the place of the discovery of the fossil in the limestone quarries and its dating to more than 150 million years... (150 years since the discovery of protobird archaeopteryx
Solnhofen
Eichstätt
150 mil.years ago
BR)
Edge
Lettered (Archaeopteryx - Witness of Evolution)

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage unc Comment Frequency
2011 A 1.8M € 12,00

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