Description : Neuschwanstein Castle was built between 1869 and 1892 by order
of the Bavarian King Ludwig II as an idealised representation of a knight's castle from the Middle Ages. The king did
not live to see its complete completion. Disputes over his indebtedness, which increased with the escalating construction
costs, led to the deposition of the king by the Bavarian government in 1886. Ludwig II was staying at Neuschwanstein
Castle at the time of his deposition and left it the day before his death in Lake Starnberg on the 13th of
June 1886. The coin design depicting the castle in front of the silhouette of the Allgäu Alps with the 2059 m
high Great Silt is by Erich Ott, whose logo "Œ" appears on the left. On the right is the German mint mark
(A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin, D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in
Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart,
G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb
Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg), and at the bottom below the motif is the federal state name "BAYERN" (Bavaria).
The country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) is at the top of the ring and at the bottom is the year "2012"
flanks the 6 o'clock star on both sides.
‐ ‐ The coin motif for Bavaria was originally intended to be the
Munich Frauenkirche ("Cathedral of our Dear Lady"). |
