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2011 Germany € 2 Euro UNC Coin North Rhine Westphalia Cologne - Hamburg (J)
2011 Germany € 2 Euro UNC Coin North Rhine Westphalia Cologne - Hamburg (J)

2011 Germany € 2 Euro UNC Coin North Rhine Westphalia Cologne - Hamburg (J)

$ 3.98

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Year: 2011
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Condition: Stock photos. This offer is for J mint mark (not pictured). New from mint roll. This is a regular circulating coin that has never entered into circulation. Dings, shadows and/or bag marks might be present.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Denomination: 2 Euro
  • Composition: Bi-Metallic
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated

    Description

    Mint: Hamburg Mint
    Denomination: €2
    Quality: Uncirculated
    Issue limit: 6.3 million pcs.
    Alloy: Base Metal
    Diameter: 25.75 mm
    Weight: 8.5 grams
    Edge inscription: EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT (Unity and Justice and Freedom)
    Box/Capsule: No/No
    Certificate: No
    The sixth release in the annual German Federation series features the westernmost, most populous, and economically most powerful state of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia.
    North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in western Germany and shares borders with Belgium in the southwest and the Netherlands in the west and northwest. With a population of approximately 18 million, North Rhine-Westphalia is centered around the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, which includes the cities of Bonn, Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf, the state's capital. As the most urbanized federal state in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia possesses the country's highest density of cultural, educational and research institutions, the densest transport infrastructure and the highest number of multinational corporations, contributing approx. 22% to Germany's gross domestic product.
    The federal states series consists of a total of 16 different €2 coins, each one bearing a unique symbol or building specific to the respective state. The series began in 2006 and a new coin is minted each year, in order of the rotating presidency of the Bundesrat (the upper house of the German parliament representing the federal states).
    The reverse of the coin shows the Cologne Cathedral - a monument of Christianity, of German Catholicism in particular, of Gothic architecture and of the continuing faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands. Dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary, the cathedral is a World Heritage Site since 1996, one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany, and Cologne's most famous landmark, visited by 20,000 people every day. Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, until 1880 to complete.
    In the outer ring are the European stars as well as the year of issue, 2010. In the lower half of the outer ring is the country of issue, “Bundesrepublik Deutschland” or Federal Republic of Germany.