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10 Euros Hänsel and Gretel, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | HÄNSEL UND GRETEL MD GRIMMS MÄRCHEN |
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Part of the German federal collector series commemorating Brothers Grimm fairy tales, this issue was struck in a curious silver-copper alloy — .625 fine — rather than the .925 standard typical of German silver commemoratives. The lower fineness was a deliberate policy choice tied to face value and legal tender economics, keeping production costs aligned with the nominal 10-euro denomination while maintaining a silver-content product.
The Grimm tales themselves were first published in 1812, collected from oral sources across Hesse and neighboring regions. "Hänsel und Gretel" drew partly from famine-era anxieties; child abandonment during food shortages was not a fantasy trope but a documented reality in early 19th-century Germany.