2657) "Hans im Glück," (or "Hans in Luck"), Federal Republik of Germany: "Grimm's Fairy tales Coin Series": A €20 Silver Collector Coin released by the Stuttgart State Mint featuring the popular children's tale: Date of Coin issue: 19.01.2023:
The German Federal Republic’s Ministry of Finance and Munze Deutschland have launched their first €20 silver collector coin for 2023, which features the stories from the famed Brothers Grimm.
The series launched in 2012 in time for the 200th Anniversary of their first collection of children’s tales titled "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" (“Children’s and Household Tales”), which was first published in 1812.
The numismatic collector series began as 10-Euro Coins and transitioned to €20 denominations in 2016. A Proof Quality Coin in the denomination of 5 Euros has also been issued.
In recognition of the literary value to European and World culture, the work of the Brothers Grimm was added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2005.
"Hans im Glück," (or "Hans in Luck"):
The Header/Banner showcases Obverse and Reverse of the Silver Collector Coin presenting the Grimm's Fairy Tale of Hans im Glück," or "Hans in Luck
This year, the story featured on the twelfth coin in the series features the tale is titled "Hans im Glück," or "Hans in Luck".
The story was one of the original tales first published in 1812 and narrates the story of a young man who, after seven years of hard work, wishes to return home.
As compensation, he is paid handsomely for his labour in the form of a huge lump of gold, only to be left without anything to show for it by the time he reaches his home.
The story goes - Hans has been working hard for seven years but wishes to return to see his poor mother. His master pays him his wages which amounts to a lump of gold the size of his head.
Hans puts the gold in a handkerchief and starts out on his journey jogging but soon becomes tired. He spots a rider on horseback and seeing the ease at which the horse travels he offers to exchange his lump of gold for the horse. Happy with the exchange, the man gives him the horse and Hans rides off.
The horse bolts and Hans gets bucked off, whereupon he meets a shepherd who convinces Hans to trade his horse for a cow. Telling Hans that a cow can provide milk, cheese and butter and is of more leisurely company. Hans takes up on the offer and continues his journey only to find that the cow is dry and not producing any milk as he had been told.
Disgruntled with the cow, Hans meets a butcher who gives him a pig for the cow. Thanking the butcher for the pig Hans sets off jogging again, hopeful he has now found an ideal travel companion.
Alas, Hans meets a countryman who informs him that the pig's owner is the squire, and he is in danger of being arrested for taking the squire's pig. Hans takes the countryman's goose in exchange for his pig, happy that it will provide a good roast and a supply of goose fat.
At his next stop in a village Hans meets a scissor-grinder and explains his story to him. The scissor-grinder offers him a grindstone for his goose arguing that a grindstone will provide a source of income.
Hans happily exchanges the goose for the grindstone. He continues on his way but is tired carrying the grindstone and is short of money for food.
Hans stops for a drink on the banks of a river, the grindstone falls into the deep water and is lost.
Hans is happy to be rid of the heavy grindstone and being free of all troubles. He walks on to his mother's house and recounts his lucky tale.
"Hans in Luck" is interpreted as an ironic fairy tale which reverses the normal “rags to riches” story format.
There are also elements of anti-materialistic sentiment as the moral of the story since Hans trades in his newly won treasures along the way and expresses relief to be freed from the burden of possessions or wealth by the time he returns home.
The Coin:
The Collector Coins have been minted by the Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg located in the city of Stuttgart.
The Reverse of the 20 Euro Silver Coin artistically depicts a composition of the key elements of the fairy tale itself.
Hans is shown in the foreground striding out into the world, with the items he exchanges in the background.
The commemorative text along the upper edge reads "GRIMMS MÄRCHEN" and "HANS IM GLÜCK".
The Obverse of the 20 Euro Silver Coin depicts a stylised eagle in the centre with the coins’ denomination of "20 EURO" and fineness of "SILBER 925" placed below the eagle.
The year "2023" is shown to the centre right of the eagle, along with the issuer "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND", (placed along the upper periphery).
Towards the lower periphery on each side of the eagle are six, five-pointed stars representing the European Union.
The mintmark "F", (Mintmark of the Mint of Stuttgart, is shown to the lower right of the eagle.
The coins include an incused inscription on the edge which reads - "ICH MUSS IN EINER GLÜCKSHAUT GEBOREN SEIN" (“I must have been born in a lucky skin”).
The specifications of the 20 Euro Silver Coin Variant are:
Country of issue: Federal Republic of Germany (FRG); Year: 2023; Denomination/Face Value: 20 Euros; Metal Composition: .925 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 18.00 grams; Diameter/Size: 32.50 mm; Coin Quality: Brilliant Uncirculated (BU); Mintage: 120,000 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes; Designer: Michael Otto.
Remarks:
- Towards the end of the year, the entire €20 Proof-quality coin collection consisting of four 2023-dated pieces will be available as a set and presented in an official blister-pak type folder.
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