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2 Euro World Cup 2006
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: brass centre in copper-nickel ring (non-magnetic) |
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| Obverse description | The brass centre features a stylised football rendered as a globe, its hexagonal panel pattern superimposed over a detailed depiction of a full-size association football pitch showing penalty areas, centre circle, and centre spot. The copper-nickel outer ring bears twelve raised five-pointed stars interspersed with dots in the manner of the standard European Union coinage ring design. The legend DEUTSCHLAND arcs along the upper periphery of the ring, while the date 2006 is positioned at the lower periphery, both in raised Latin characters. |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre displays the large numeral '2' to the left accompanied by the letter 'E' to its right, serving as an abbreviated denomination indicator, above a relief map of the European Union rendered in the style of the standard 2 euro reverse design with diagonal line shading across the field. The copper-nickel outer ring carries the standard EU twelve-star arrangement with intervening dots and fine vertical milling segments. The word 'probe' appears incused in small characters at the lower portion of the inner field, identifying this piece as a trial or pattern strike. |
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Germany issued this coin as host nation of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, one of relatively few commemorative 2 Euro pieces struck in the opening years of the eurozone's commemorative program. All five German mints struck it simultaneously — Berlin (A), Munich (D), Stuttgart (F), Karlsruhe (G), and Hamburg (J) — producing a combined mintage across marks that collectors still chase as a complete set.