| Description : In the foreground, the coin depicts a cheering crowd of people
symbolising a new beginning and a departure from the old. In the background, the symbol of German unity, the Brandenburg
Gate ‐ crowned by the quadriga on which the goddess of victory, Victoria stands, symbolising peace to the city. The
expression "WIR SIND EIN VOLK" (we a one people) repeated three times is depicted in a semicircle on the right. This
symbolises the collective expression of the will of the German citizens on the road to German reunification. On the
3rd of October 1990, the mandate of the Basic Law to the German people to unfication of Germany was fulfilled
when the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany. The coin design by the sculptor Bernd
Wendhut (signet "BW", bottom right) was awarded second prize in the design competition for the € 10 commemorative
coin on the theme of 20 years of German reunification. The designer has two of the jubilant figures hold up a
stylised euro symbol imparting that "Germany is a part of Europe". On the left in a semi‐circle are the words
"25 JAHRE DEUTSCHE EINHEIT 2015" (25th anniversary of German reunification 2015), on the left of the
Brandenburg Gate is the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). 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) appears at the bottom left. In October 2015 a 25 Euro silver coin with the same
design has been minted in fine silver (999/1000). |
