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10 Euros 500 Years Till Eulenspiegel, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND D 10 EURO Silber 625 2011 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic portrayal of Till Eulenspiegel, the celebrated trickster figure of German literary tradition, first documented circa 1511. The figure is rendered in an expressive, illustrative style that captures the character's mischievous nature, positioned prominently in the central field. The curved legend 500 JAHRE TILL EULENSPIEGEL arches along the upper periphery, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the tale's appearance. The engraver's initials FB, for Friedrich Brenner, are inscribed in the lower field beneath the figure. |
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Till Eulenspiegel's connection to 2011 is loose enough to warrant explanation: the earliest printed edition of the Eulenspiegel chapbook appeared in Strasbourg around 1510–1511, making this a quincentennial of the text rather than the figure, who is at best semi-historical. The German commemorative program for this year leaned hard on the literary anniversary.
The .625 fineness is characteristic of the German 10-euro silver commemorative series introduced in 2002 — a deliberate choice that kept silver content modest while maintaining the collector price point. Unusually for the series, both proof and circulation strikes were issued concurrently under the same KM type split.