| Description : The coin motif, designed by Erik Spiekermann, shows the
Brandenburg Gate, which was on East Berlin territory during the Cold War, in two representations interlocked like the
fingers of two hands, symbolising the reunification of the two parts of Berlin. The gate was built between 1789 and 1793 to
designs by Carl Gotthard Langhans, crowned by the quadriga by the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow, on which the goddess
of victory Victoria brings peace to the city. At the top and on the right, respectively, the semi‐circular inscription
in two lines reads "25° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA RIUNIFICAZIONE DELLA GERMANIA 1990‐2015" (25th Anniversary of the
Reunification of Germany 1990‐2015) as the occasion of issue; at the bottom, "SAN MARINO MMXV" indicates the issuing
country and the year 2015 in Roman numeral script. On the right the letter "R" the mint mark of the Italian mint Istituto
Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, on the left the designer's signet "ES". |
