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10 Deutsche Mark 40 Years of Federal Republic
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 10 Deutsche Mark (10 DEM) |
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| Reverse lettering | · BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1949 · 1989 |
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| Mintage | 1989 G - - 8,000,000 1989 G - Proof - 350,000 |
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Issued in 1989 to mark the Grundgesetz's fortieth anniversary, this coin arrived in a year that would rapidly make its commemorative premise feel like an artifact of a world already ending. The Basic Law being celebrated had governed only West Germany — within months of this coin's release, the Wall fell and reunification made the Federal Republic's forty-year story something to be folded into a larger one.
The .625 fineness was standard for the Deutsche Mark commemorative series, a deliberate step down from the .625 fine issues of earlier decades that reflected Bonn's ongoing effort to keep silver commemoratives affordable without abandoning the metal entirely.