| Description : The coin commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall on the
9th of November 1989, which opened the way for the reunification of Germany involving freedom and democracy. It
symbolically ends not only the division of Germany, but also of Europe and the world, and marks the end of the Cold War ‐
a historical event of global significance. This important change was sealed by the Two Plus Four Treaty, which paved the
way for the reunification of Germany on the 3rd of October 1990. The coin was issued jointly by France and Germany
and shows the Berlin Wall, which appears to be opened in the centre, is crossed by three doves of peace and a cheering crowd. In
the background is the Brandenburg Gate symbolising Berlin and on the right‐hand segment of the wall is a
detail (albeit reversed) of the 37.20 m x 3.60 m painting We Are One People, created by Shamil
Gimayev in 1990. Deviations in the design exist with regard to the country code at the bottom right, "D" (for Deutschland /
Germany) or "RF" (République française, French Republic), the mint mark and the text element incorporated in the collage.
While on the French coin the occasion is in French and German ("30 ANS LA CHUTE MUR DE BERLIN" "30 JAHRE MAUERFALL" - 30th
anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall), the German motif reproduces the text exclusively in German. At the bottom is the
year of issue "2019" and on the German version the German mint mark is to the left (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), on the French variant a cornucopia
as the sign of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac. On the right‐hand side is a pentagon the logo of
mint master Yves Sampo and above it the qudratic logo of the coin designer Joaquin Jimenez. |
