10-DM-Gedenkmünzen 1987-2001

Coin gallery

10 DM commemorative coins 1987-2001

• 750th Anniversary of Berlin

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	April 30, 1987 in Berlin, September 9, 1987 nationwide
  Mint:	Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze)
  Mint mark:	J
  Year mark:	1987
  Occasion:	750th Anniversary of Berlin
  Edge lettering:	Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Freedom)
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Ottmaring

• 30th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	November 25, 1987
  Mint:	State Mint Karlsruhe (Staatliche Münze Karlsruhe)
  Mint mark:	G
  Year mark:	1987
  Occasion:	30th anniversary of signing
  Edge lettering:	Adenauer, Bech, de Gasperi, Luns, Schumann, Spaak
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• Arthur Schopenhauer

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	September 21, 1988
  Mint:	Bavarian State Mint Munich (Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt München)
  Mint mark:	D
  Year mark:	1988
  Occasion:	200th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation)
  Artist:	Hans Joa Dobler, Walda

• Carl Zeiss

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	November 23, 1988
  Mint:	State Mint Stuttgart (Staatliche Münze Stuttgart)
  Mint mark:	F
  Year mark:	1988
  Occasion:	100th Anniversary of Death
  Edge lettering:	Optik für Wissenschaft und Technik (Optics for Science and Technology)
  Artist:	Carl Vezerfi-Clemm, Munich

• 40th Anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	May 17, 1989
  Mint:	State Mint Karlsruhe (Staatliche Münze Karlsruhe)
  Mint mark:	G
  Year mark:	1989
  Occasion:	40th Anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Edge lettering:	40 Jahre Frieden und Freiheit (40 Years of Peace and Freedom)
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• 2000 Years of Bonn

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	September 20, 1989
  Mint:	Bavarian State Mint Munich (Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt München)
  Mint mark:	D
  Year mark:	1989
  Occasion:	2000th Anniversary of the City of Bonn
  Edge lettering:	Bonn blühe und bleibe (May Bonn prosper and flourish)
  Artist:	Paul Effert, Koarst

• 800 years of the harbor and Hamburg

  

  Issue limit:	8,350,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 350,000 coins)
  Issue date:	November 8, 1989
  Mint:	Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze)
  Mint mark:	J
  Year mark:	1989
  Occasion:	800th anniversary of Hamburg harbor
  Edge lettering:	Hamburg, Tor zur Welt (Hamburg, Gateway to the World)
  Artist:	Klaus Luckey, Hamburg

• Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa

  

  Issue limit:	7,850,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 400,000 coins)
  Issue date:	June 8, 1990
  Mint:	State Mint Stuttgart (Staatliche Münze Stuttgart)
  Mint mark:	F
  Year mark:	1990
  Occasion:	800th anniversary of death
  Edge lettering:	Honor Imperii
  Artist:	Eugen Ruhl, Pforzheim

• 800 Years of the Teutonic Order

  

  Issue limit:	8,850,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	September 4, 1990
  Mint:	Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze)
  Mint mark:	J
  Year mark:	1990
  Occasion:	800th anniversary of the foundation of the Teutonic Order
  Edge lettering:	Es bleib in Gedächtnis so Gott will (It will be remembered for as long as God wishes)
  Artist:	Hubert Klinkel, Zell am Main

• 200th Anniversary of the Brandenburg Gate

  

  Issue limit:	8,850,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	December 18, 1991
  Mint:	Berlin Mint (Münze Berlin)
  Mint mark:	A
  Year mark:	1991
  Occasion:	200th Anniversary of the Brandenburg Gate
  Edge lettering:	Deutschland einig Vaterland (Germany, our fatherland)
  Artist:	Erich Ott, Munich

• Käthe Kollwitz

  

  Issue limit:	8,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	July 3, 1992
  Mint:	State Mint Karlsruhe (Staatliche Münze Karlsruhe)
  Mint mark:	G
  Year mark:	1992
  Occasion:	125th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Ich will wirken in dieser Zeit (I want to act in these times)
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• “Pour le mérite” Order for Art and Sciences

  

  Issue limit:	8,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	December 9, 1992
  Mint:	Bavarian State Mint Munich (Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt München)
  Mint mark:	D
  Year mark:	1992
  Occasion:	150th anniversary
  Edge lettering:	Gemeinschaft von Gelehrten und Künstlern (Community of Scholars and Artists)
  Artist:	Werner Godec, Pforzheim

• 1000 Years of Potsdam

  

  Issue limit:	7,950,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	June 16, 1993
  Mint:	State Mint Stuttgart (Staatliche Münze Stuttgart)
  Mint mark:	F
  Year mark:	1993
  Occasion:	1000 years of the city of Potsdam
  Edge lettering:	Das ganze Eiland muss ein Paradies werden (The whole island must become a paradise)
  Artist:	Erich Ott, Munich

• Robert Koch

  

  Issue limit:	7,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	February 9, 1994
  Mint:	Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze)
  Mint mark:	J
  Year mark:	1993
  Occasion:	150th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Mitbegruender der Bakteriologie (Co-founder of Bacteriology)
  Artist:	Hubert Klinkel, Würzburg

• 50th anniversary of July 20, 1944

  

  Issue limit:	7,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	July 6, 1994
  Mint:	Berlin Mint (Münze Berlin)
  Mint mark:	A
  Year mark:	1994
  Occasion:	The German Resistance Movement 1933-1945
  Edge lettering:	Widerstand gegen die Nationalsozialisten (Resistance against the National Socialists)
  Artist:	Paul Effert, Koarst

• Johann Gottfried Herder

  

  Issue limit:	7,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	November 15, 1994
  Mint:	State Mint Karlsruhe (Staatliche Münze Karlsruhe)
  Mint mark:	G
  Year mark:	1994
  Occasion:	250th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Humanität ist der Zweck der Menschen-Natur (Humanity is the purpose of human nature)
  Artist:	Wolfgang Th. Doehm, Stuttgart

• Frauenkirche Dresden

  

  Issue limit:	7,450,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 450,000 coins)
  Issue date:	May 3, 1995
  Mint:	Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze)
  Mint mark:	J
  Year mark:	1995
  Occasion:	Reconstruction of the Frauenkirche Dresden
  Edge lettering:	Steinerne Glocke – Symbol für Toleranz (Stone Bell – Symbol of Tolerance)
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

  

  Issue limit:	6,900,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 400,000 coins)
  Issue date:	September 13, 1995
  Mint:	Bavarian State Mint Munich (Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt München)
  Mint mark:	D
  Year mark:	1995
  Occasion:	150th birthday and 100th anniversary of the discovery of X-rays
  Edge lettering:	Erster Nobelpreis für Physik (First Nobel Prize for Physics)
  Artist:	Claus and Ursula Homfeld, Bremen

• Henry the Lion

  

  Issue limit:	6,900,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 400,000 coins)
  Issue date:	December 5, 1995
  Mint:	State Mint Stuttgart (Staatliche Münze Stuttgart)
  Mint mark:	F
  Year mark:	1995
  Occasion:	800th anniversary of death
  Edge lettering:	Heinrich der Löwe aus kaiserlichem Stamm (Imperial Henry the Lion)
  Artist:	Hubert Klinkel, Würzburg

• Adolph Kolping

  

  Issue limit:	6,000,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 400,000 coins)
  Issue date:	August 21, 1996
  Mint:	Berlin Mint (Münze Berlin)
  Mint mark:	A
  Year mark:	1996
  Occasion:	150th anniversary of foundation of the first Catholic Journeyman’s Association in Elberfeld
  Edge lettering:	Tätige Liebe heilt alle Wunden (Love in action heals all wounds)
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• Philipp Melanchthon

  

  Issue limit:	3,771,360 coins (of which in mint gloss: 761,360 coins)
  Issue date:	February 13, 1997
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1997
  Occasion:	500th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Zum Gespräch geboren (Born to speak)
  Artist:	Hubert Klinkel. Würzburg

• Diesel engine

  

  Issue limit:	3,761,360 coins (of which in mint gloss: 761,360 coins)
  Issue date:	August 28, 1997
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1997
  Occasion:	100th anniversary of the diesel engine
  Edge lettering:	Gedanken sind der Motor der Welt (Thoughts are the engine of the world)
  Artist:	Hans Joa Dobler, Ehekirchen

• Heinrich Heine

  

  Issue limit:	3,761,360 coins (of which in mint gloss: 761,360 coins)
  Issue date:	November 6, 1997
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1997
  Occasion:	200th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Heinrich Heine * 1797 + 1856
  Artist:	Reinhart Heinsdorff, Friedberg-Ottmaring

• Peace of Westphalia

  

  Issue limit:	4,500,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 1,000,000 coins)
  Issue date:	March 12, 1998
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1998
  Occasion:	350th anniversary of peace in Westphalia
  Edge lettering:	Westfälischer Friede 1648 (Westphalian Peace 1648)
  Artist:	Ms. Aase Thorsen, Neuberg

• Hildegard von Bingen

  

  Issue limit:	4,500,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 1,000,000 coins)
  Issue date:	April 16, 1998
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1998
  Occasion:	900th birthday
  Edge lettering:	Hildegard von Bingen *1098 + 1179
  Artist:	Carl Vezerli-Clemm, Munich

• Deutsche Mark

  

  Issue limit:	4,500,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 975,000 coins)
  Issue date:	June 19, 1998
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1998
  Occasion:	50th anniversary of the Deutsche Mark
  Edge lettering:	Wir sind das Volk – Wir sind ein Volk (We are the people – We are one people)
  Artist:	Value side: Ulrich von Chrzanowski, Berlin; Image side: Dr. Heinrich Schlüter, Bonn

• Francke Foundations

  

  Issue limit:	4,500,000 coins (of which in mint gloss: 1,000,000 coins)
  Issue date:	September 10, 1998
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1998
  Occasion:	300th anniversary of the Francke Foundations
  Edge lettering:	Er vertraute Gott (He trusted God)
  Artist:	Heinz Hoyer, Berlin

• 50th Anniversary of the German Basic Law

  

  Issue limit:	3,811,500 coins (of which in mint gloss: 811,500 coins)
  Issue date:	May 21, 1999
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1999
  Occasion:	50th anniversary of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany
  Edge lettering:	Für das gesamte deutsche Volk (For all the German people)
  Artist:	Joa Dobler, Ehekirchen

• 50th Anniversary of SOS Children’s Villages

  

  Issue limit:	3,811,500 coins (of which in mint gloss: 811,500 coins)
  Issue date:	June 10, 1999
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1999
  Occasion:	50th anniversary of SOS Children’s Villages
  Edge lettering:	SOS-Kinderdörfer * eine Idee für die Welt (SOS Children’s Villages * An idea for the world)
  Artist:	Mathias Furthmair, Speicher

• Weimar – Goethe

  

  Issue limit:	3,811,500 coins (of which in mint gloss: 811,500 coins)
  Issue date:	August 12, 1999
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	1999
  Occasion:	Weimar – European City of Culture/250th Birthday of Goethe
  Edge lettering:	Wirke gut so wirkst du länger (Work well and you’ll work for longer)
  Artist:	František Chochola, Hamburg

• EXPO 2000 Hanover

  

  Issue limit:	3,811,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 811,300 coins)
  Issue date:	January 13, 2000
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2000
  Occasion:	"EXPO 2000" world fair in Hanover
  Edge lettering:	Weltaustellung EXPO 2000 Hannover (EXPO 2000 world fair Hanover)
  Artist:	Sonja Seibold, Haag / Amper

• Emperor Charlemagne – Aachen Cathedral

  

  Issue limit:	3,811,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 811,300 coins)
  Issue date:	January 13, 2000
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2000
  Occasion:	Emperor Charlemagne – Aachen Cathedral – 1200 Years
  Edge lettering:	Urbs Aquensis, urbs regalis
  Artist:	Erich Ott, Munich

• Johann Sebastian Bach

  

  Issue limit:	3,826,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 826,300 coins)
  Issue date:	July 13, 2000
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2000
  Occasion:	250th anniversary of death
  Edge lettering:	250. Todestag Johann Sebastian Bach (250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s death)
  Artist:	Aase Thorsen, Neuberg

• 10 Years of German Unity

  

  Issue limit:	3,826,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 826,300 coins)
  Issue date:	September 28, 2000
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2000
  Occasion:	10 years of German Unity
  Edge lettering:	Wir sind das Volk. Wir sind ein Volk. (We are the people. We are one people.)
  Artist:	Doris Waschk-Balz, Hamburg

• Albert Gustav Lortzing

  

  Issue limit:	3,326,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 826,300 coins)
  Issue date:	January 11, 2001
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2001
  Occasion:	“Albert Gustav Lortzing 1801-1851”
  Edge lettering:	Zar und Zimmermann, Wildschütz, Undine (Tsar and Carpenter, Poacher, Undine)
  Artist:	František Chochola, Hamburg

• St. Katharinen Abbey / Oceanographic Museum Stralsund

  

  Issue limit:	3,326,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 826,300 coins)
  Issue date:	June 13, 2001
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2001
  Occasion:	“750th Anniversary of the St. Katharinen Abbey / 50th Anniversary of the Oceanographic Museum Stralsund”
  Edge lettering:	Ohne Wasser kein Leben (There’s no life without water)
  Artist:	Dietrich Dorfstecher, Berlin

• 50th Anniversary of the Federal Constitutional Court

  

  Issue limit:	2,766,300 coins (of which in mint gloss: 766,300 coins)
  Issue date:	September 5, 2001
  Mint:	All 5 mints
  Mint mark:	A, D, F, G, J
  Year mark:	2001
  Occasion:	50th anniversary of the Federal Constitutional Court
  Edge lettering:	… im Namen des Volkes … im Namen des Volkes … (in the name of the people)
  Artist:	Aase Thorsen, Neuberg