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2 Euro Brandenburg; Ruthenium
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 12.5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | BRANDENBURG |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '2' dominates the left-center field, rendered with concentric decorative lines suggesting depth. To the right, a dynamic figure of the mythological princess Europa is depicted riding a bull (Zeus in disguise), referencing the ancient Greek legend of the Abduction of Europa. The circular legend around the rim reads EUROPA · EUROPE · EYPΩNH in Latin and Greek characters, and the word SPECIMEN appears in the lower field. |
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Germany's federal commemorative 2 Euro program rotates through the sixteen Länder in a fixed cycle, with Brandenburg appearing in 2020. The ruthenium plating on this piece is a modern collector variant — not a circulating issue — produced by private refiners applying the platinum-group metal over the standard bimetallic blank. Ruthenium, atomic number 44, was isolated by Karl Klaus in Kazan in 1844 and named for Ruthenia, the Latin designation for Russia.