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50 Euros Food
| Issuer | Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of Germany's ongoing "German Forest" and thematic collector gold series, this issue falls under the federal government's mandate to produce annual fine gold pieces through the Bavarian State Mint (Bayerische Hauptmünzamt) in Munich. Germany restricts face-value gold coin production to collector issues, meaning these pieces circulate legally but are bought and held, never spent — the €50 denomination is functionally symbolic, set well below bullion value by design.
The "Food" theme derives from a broader natural world series cycle. Mintage on these issues is typically capped by federal ordinance, with unsold allocations returned rather than released to secondary markets.