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1.5 Euro Flying Hamburger
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a full-color photographic rendering of the iconic Flying Hamburger diesel railcar (SVT 877), depicted in its distinctive cream and purple livery, shown in three-quarter view on the tracks against a naturalistic background of trees and sky. The legend HAMBURGUÉS VOLADOR arches across the upper field on a banner-style ribbon, while ESPAÑA 2022 is inscribed along the lower border. The surrounding annulus is decorated with an intricate stylized pattern of railway tracks and rail fastenings in milled relief, evoking the heritage of rail transport. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Flying Hamburger was a diesel-powered streamlined railcar that entered service on the Berlin–Hamburg route in 1933, covering the roughly 286 kilometers in under two and a half hours — the fastest scheduled train service in the world at that moment. Spain's inclusion of a German railway icon in what is nominally a Euro-denominated series reflects the broader "Trenes del Mundo" collector program, which has systematically mined international rail history rather than limiting itself to Iberian subjects.
The 1.5 Euro denomination exists purely as a collector fiction; it has no legal tender utility in daily commerce.