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2 Euros Kneeling to Warsaw
| Issuer | Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, designed by Luc Luycx, displays the large numeral '2' in the left field of the bimetallic centre, with the inscription 'EURO' overlaid across a relief map of western Europe extending into the right portion of the disc. Twelve stars of the European Union are arranged around the outer copper-nickel ring, with the engraver's initials 'LL' visible in the lower right field of the centre. The design follows the standard common reverse format adopted for all eurozone 2 euro coins. |
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Issued fifty years after Willy Brandt's spontaneous genuflection at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial on December 7, 1970, this coin commemorates what became one of the most discussed gestures in postwar European diplomacy. Brandt had prepared no such act — it was unscripted, and his own chancellery staff were caught off guard. West German public opinion at the time was deeply divided; a 1970 Spiegel poll found that a majority of West Germans considered the gesture excessive.
The coin was struck at all five German mints — Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart — each identifiable by its mint mark.