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19th Thaler of Europe Carlo Schmid
| Issuer | Eurozone |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Composition | Silver (.625) (non magnetic) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1980 |
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The "Thaler of Europe" series was a privately promoted numismatic concept of the late 1970s and early 1980s, positioned to capitalize on growing enthusiasm for European integration before the euro existed as anything more than a political aspiration. Carlo Schmid — the German jurist, poet, and SPD politician — was a genuine architect of West Germany's Basic Law and an early advocate for European federalism, which earns him a defensible place in any such series.
The .625 fineness is notably below sterling, a common cost-reduction choice for privately issued commemorative rounds of this period marketed primarily to collectors rather than as bullion.