20 Euros Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

Droste-Hülshoff appeared on the old 20 Deutsche Mark note issued from 1979, so her move to a silver commemorative in 2022 continued a long tradition of German currency honoring her — unusual for a writer who spent much of her adult life in near-obscurity and died in 1848 with only a modest literary reputation. Serious critical recognition came decades posthumously.

The German mint rotates production of commemorative issues among the five federal mints; the specific striking facility is identified by the mint mark and affects collector interest marginally but measurably in this series.