2049) "Brandenburg - Sanssouci Palace," Federal Republic of Germany: "Federal States Coin Series": The Fifteenth Coin in the Series issued by Five German Federal Mints: Date of Coin issue: 28.01.2020:
As part of the “Federal States” Coin Series, five German Mints released a €2 commemorative coin titled - “Brandenburg” (featuring "Sanssouci Palace"), which was issued on 28.01.2020.
This was the 15th coin in this Coin Series, which was launched in 2006 and will include 17 coins (one for each of the 16 federal states and one coin featuring the Bundesrat as a constitutional body).
The coins were issued in the same order as the presidency of the Bundesrat.
This Coin features the "Sansrouci Palace" in Potsdam:
Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles.
While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the park.
The palace was designed and built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfil King Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. The palace's name emphasises this. It is a French phrase (sans souci), which translates as "without concerns", meaning "without worries" or "carefree", symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power.
Sanssouci is little more than a large, single-story villa—more like the Château de Marly than Versailles. Containing just ten principal rooms, it was built on the brow of a terraced hill at the centre of the park.
The influence of King Frederick's personal taste in the design and decoration of the palace was so great that its style is characterised as "Frederician Rococo", and his feelings for the palace were so strong that he conceived it as "a place that would die with him".
Because of a disagreement about the site of the palace in the park, Knobelsdorff was fired in 1746. Jan Bouman, a Dutch architect, finished the project.
During the 19th century, the palace became a residence of Frederick William IV.
He employed the architect Ludwig Persius to restore and enlarge the palace, while Ferdinand von Arnim was charged with improving the grounds and thus the view from the palace.
The town of Potsdam, with its palaces, was a favourite place of residence for the German Imperial Family until the fall of the Hohenzollern dynasty in 1918.
After World War II, the palace became a tourist attraction in East Germany.
The Commemorative Coin:
14 coins, with a total circulation of around 420 million – have already been issued in this series, which is intended to communicate a clearer idea of Germany’s federal structure to a European general public.
The Reverse of Two Euro Circulation Commemorative Coin (also called the "National side of the Euro coin) was designed by Jordi Truxa and depicts the "Sanssouci Palace".
The twelve stars of Europe are shown on the outer ring of the national side.
In the core area of the coin is the respective building, the letter “D” indicating that the country of issue is the Federal Republic of Germany, the year of issue “2020", the mint mark, the name of the federal state and the initials of the designer.
Five special 2-euro coins from the mints of Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Hamburg (mint marks A, D, F, G and J) have been minted.
The Obverse of the two Euro Circulation Commemorative Coin (also called the "European side" corresponds to the common reverse side of the regular issue €2 coin in circulation since 2007, which depicts a map of Europe without national borders.
As on current German €2 commemorative coins, the inscription reads - “EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT” (“UNITY, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM”) which is embossed on the coin edge, together with a stylised Federal eagle.
The mintage for each circulating coin in this series is 30 million.
The coins are legal tender throughout the Euro area.
The metal composition of this coin is - CuNi/CuZnNi. The technical specifications of the €2 collectors’ coin are the same as those on any regular issue €2 coin.
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