| Description : The motif shows Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal
Republic of Germany 1974‐1982, in typical conversational posture. Together with French President Valéry
Giscard d’Estaing, he took decisive steps towards further European integration. This led to the establishment of the
European Council, the introduction of the European Monetary System and the European Currency Unit (ECU) on the 1st of
January 1979, which would later become European Economic and Monetary Union and the euro. The name "HELMUT SCHMIDT" is
shown in a semicircle in the upper right‐hand corner, with the dates "1918‐2015" and the German mint mark below it
(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). Mid left is the initial "D" (for Deutschland / Germany) which is the abbreviation
for the country of issue, below it the year of issue "2018". At the bottom is the logo of the coin designer Bodo Broschat. |
