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10 Deutsche Mark - Olympic Games in Munich
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Value | 10 Deutsche Mark (10 DEM) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the German Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) rendered in a bold, modernist stylized manner with strongly geometric, linear wing feathers splayed symmetrically across the central field. The eagle faces left with an open beak and displays the characteristic single-headed form adopted by the Federal Republic. The date 1969 is inscribed to either side of the eagle's neck, and the mint mark D appears below the eagle at the base. The circular legend reads BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND around the upper periphery, with the denomination 10 DEUTSCHE MARK along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This is a pattern piece — KM PT#132a designates it as a proof trial struck in 1969, three years before the Munich Games, during the competitive design selection process for what became one of the most politically fraught commemorative series in postwar German numismatics. The eventual 1972 Olympic issues went through multiple design revisions and public competitions before the final types were approved.
The Munich Games themselves ended in the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes by the Black September group in September 1972. Coins from the trial and pre-issue phases carry a historical weight the final circulation strikes do not.