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10 Euros Berlin Museum
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Engraver(s) | Frantisek Chochola |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the German Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) displayed prominently in the left field, rendered in a stylized heraldic manner. Twelve stars of the European Union arc around the upper periphery of the coin, framing the design. The denomination '10 EURO' appears in large numerals to the lower right, with the legends 'BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND' and the mint mark 'A' arranged vertically alongside. The year of issue '2002' is inscribed at the top right, adjacent to the eagle. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 EURO A BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND ·2002· (Translation: 10 Euro A Federal Republic of Germany 2002) |
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Germany's federal commemorative coin program relaunched aggressively in 2002 alongside euro currency adoption, with individual Länder given thematic representation through a rolling series. Berlin drew the museum island on the Spree — the Museumsinsel — which had spent much of the postwar decades split between East and West jurisdiction, with the Pergamon and Bode under GDR administration while reunification negotiations over the collections' futures dragged well into the 1990s. UNESCO added the island to the World Heritage List in 1999, directly prompting this issue.