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10 Euros Euro Currency
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Diameter | 32.50 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 2002 F 10 EURO |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Germany launched its commemorative euro silver program in 2002 alongside the currency's cash introduction, issuing a series of €10 pieces that were legal tender but never intended for circulation. The 2002 issues marked the first year the Bundesrepublik produced silver commemoratives denominated in euros rather than Deutsche Marks — a politically significant transition the Bundesbank managed carefully to avoid the appearance of nostalgia for the outgoing currency.
KM#215 specifically commemorates the museuminsel Berlin, the island complex whose reconstruction funding was actively disputed in the Bundestag at the time of striking.