Germany 2 Euro 2017 Rhineland Palatinate - Porta Nigra
Additional Information
SKU | DE17-2EURO2 |
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Theme | Rheinland Pfallz - Porta Nigra |
Worth | 2 euro |
Metal | Koper-nikkel-messing |
Country | Germany |
Quality | UNC |
Circulation | 30.000.000 |
Year | 2017 |
Weight | 8,5 gram |
Diameter | 25,75 |
Category | Special 2 euro coins |
Product Description
Since 2006, Germany annually produces a special 2 Euromunt of a Bundesland (province) depicting an important object of that Bundesland. 2017 sees the turn of Bundesland Rhineland Palatinate and the coin shows the Porta Nigra (Black Gate) in Trier. Rheinland Pfalz was created in 1946 as a Bundesland. It has an area of approximately 20,000 sq.km. which is about half the size of the Netherlands and about 1.5 times as large as Flanders. Rhineland-Palatinate is located in the south-east of Germany, has about 4 million inhabitants, and the capital is Mainz. On the coin is an image of the Porta Nigra in Trier. This is the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1986. It was the Northern City Gate. The German coins are struck in five different places, which are indicated by different letters. The mint where the coin was struck is represented as a letter on the left side of the coin at the 9-o'clock position. At the bottom of the coin one is the letter D, which represents the German (Deutschland) country name. To the right of the coin are the letters CH, which are the initials of the coin designer, the Hamburg artist Frantisek Chocola.