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10 Euro - THW
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 9.8 g |
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| Obverse description | The German Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) is depicted in the copper-nickel inner core, rendered in a bold, stylized design with wings spread and head facing right. Surrounding the eagle is a distinctive blue polymer middle ring, characteristic of the German collector euro series. The copper-nickel outer ring bears the legend BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND along the upper periphery and 10 EURO along the lower periphery, flanked on each side by a row of five raised stars representing the European Union. The mintmark and year 2025 appear in the exergue below the eagle within the inner core field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Technisches Hilfswerk, founded in 1950 under direct federal authority rather than folded into existing civil defense structures, occupies an unusual constitutional position — a federal agency staffed almost entirely by volunteers. The commemorative program honoring it falls within Germany's ongoing "Deutschland series," which has issued trimetallic collector euros since 2016 targeting domestic circulation and gift buyers rather than numismatic specialists.
The polymer ring insert, sourced through a process developed in collaboration with the Bavarian State Mint, makes these pieces effectively uncirculatable in standard vending infrastructure — a known tension the Bundesbank has never fully resolved.