| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | 10 Euros |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.625) |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Diameter | 32.50 mm |
| Thickness | 2.38 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Barbara Gunhild Ruppel |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#301a, J#564, Schön#292a |
| Obverse description | Representation of the stylized federal eagle and the twelve stars of the European Union in the center of the coin distributed on each side of the eagle. Above the name of the state `BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND`, the Federal Republic of Germany. Below the eagle the words `Silber 625`, silver 625‰, appears to avoid any confusion with the coin minted in cupronickel. Below near the scroll is the Berlin workshop mark on the left by the letter `A`, the year `2011` and the face value `10 EURO`. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND A 2011 10 EURO SILBER 625 (Translation: Federal Republic of Germany A 2011 10 Euro Silver 625) |
| Reverse description | Representation in the center of the room of a reconstruction of a skeleton of the bird Archaopteryx, recognized as one of the first birds, made from the specimen discovered in 1861 in Germany. All around the bird, at the edge of the scroll, the inscription `150 JAHRE ENTDECKUNG DES URVOGEIS`, 150 years of the discovery of the Archaeopteryx. To the left of the bird the inscription `SOLNHOFEN EICHSTATT VOR 150 MIO.` indicates the place of the discovery of the fossil in the limestone quarries and its dating to more than 150 million years... |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 150 JAHRE ENTDECKUNG DES URVOGELS ARCHAEOPTERYX SOLNHOFEN EICHSTATT VOR 150 MIO. JAHREN BR (Translation: 150 years since the discovery of protobird archaeopteryx Solnhofen Eichstätt 150 mil. years ago BR) |
| Edge | Smooth with inscription |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 2011 A - Proof - 223 000 |
| Numisquare ID | 4578785550 |
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