TUBE NEWS TN December 2018 | Page 17

Striking Begins for New
Ten Euro Collector’s Coin
In addition to the five euro coins with a polymer
ring, machines from the Schuler Group will now
also be used to produce similar ten euro coins.
Today marks the start of production for a new
ten euro collector’s coin featuring a colorless
polymer ring at the Karlsruhe mint of the State
Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The first coins
were officially struck in a ceremony attended
by Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Finance Minister,
Edith Sitzmann. These “tri-material” coins are
produced on a joining machine, which connects
the polymer ring to the metallic core and outer
metallic ring, and on minting presses from the
Schuler Group.
The front face shows a paraglider set in a
mountainous landscape, while the back face includes
an eagle, an inscription reading “Bundesrepublik
Deutschland” (Federal Republic of Germany), and the
twelve stars of Europe. The 9.7-gram coin is the first
issue of what is to be a three-part series entitled “Air
Moves.” It will be available in the two mint qualities
“uncirculated” and “proof” starting in the spring of
2019.
Autumn of the coming year will then see the arrival
of the next edition of the five euro collector’s coin.
This issue, which will feature a green polymer ring,
will also be produced using Schuler technology. The
front face will depict a European hare representing
the temperate latitudes in the “Climate Zones of the
Earth” series. The coins are extremely popular among
collectors and non-collectors alike.
Additional information will be available at the
Technical Forum held on January 31, 2019 in Berlin
before the official opening of the World Money
Fair.
.
www.schulergroup.com/minting
The design on the front face was created by Natalie Tekampe from
Müncheberg. The rear face was designed by Andre Witting in Berlin.
Photographer: Hans-Joachim Wuthenow, Berlin, © BVA.
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