Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Euro / Hanse ECU
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
|---|---|
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 9.94 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central device features a large, highly detailed Hanseatic kogge (cog) under full sail, depicted sailing to the left across stylized waves, with a second smaller vessel visible to the left in the middle distance. The circular legend HANSE 1293 · MAASTRICHT 1993 arcs across the upper field. The denomination HANSE ECU appears in the lower field, with the silver fineness mark 925 struck below in the exergue. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Hanse ECU series was issued as part of a broader European commemorative program tying Hanseatic League cities to the pre-euro ECU monetary unit — a politically timed gesture as Germany prepared for the 1999 euro changeover. Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen each anchored their own issues in the series. This 1997 piece falls in the final stretch before the ECU itself was abolished and replaced at a fixed 1:1 rate by the euro on January 1, 1999.