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| Emittent | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Jahr | 1997 |
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| Währung | Deutsche Mark (1948-2001) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A right-facing bust portrait of the German theologian and humanist scholar Philipp Melanchthon dominates the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail in the hair, beard, and period costume. The portrait is depicted in a naturalistic Renaissance-influenced style, showing the subject's aged features with scholarly gravitas. The legend 'PHILIPP MELANCHTHON' arcs along the left periphery in capital letters, while the birth and death years '* 1497 + 1560' appear to the right of the bust. The highly polished proof fields provide strong contrast against the frosted relief of the portrait. The composition commemorates the 500th anniversary of Melanchthon's birth. |
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| Reverslegende | PHILIPP MELANCHTHON *1497 +1560 |
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Philipp Melanchthon died in 1560, and the 1997 issue marks the 500th anniversary of his birth in Bretten. A close collaborator of Luther and the primary author of the Augsburg Confession of 1530, Melanchthon was the theological architect of Lutheran doctrine in ways Luther himself never systematized. Germany's commemorative 10-Mark series of the 1990s leaned heavily on Reformation figures, reflecting a reunified nation reasserting a shared cultural and religious heritage that straddled the old East-West divide — Wittenberg, after all, had spent four decades inside the GDR.