3282)“Rock Bumblebee", Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland): “Wonderful World of Insects Coin Series” ("WONDERWELT INSECTEN"): Ninth €5 Colour Coin in the Series: Coin issued by the Berlin Mint (Mint Mark "J"): Date/Year of Coin issue: 10.09.2024:
i) Beetles: A set of five Post Cards issued by Chennai Postal Circle of India Post in 2017
ii) Lady Bug Beetles: A set of four Commemorative stamps brought out by India Post on 23.02.2017
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The Header/Banner is titled "Steinhummel" (or "Red-tailed Bumblebee") at the top, with the Reverse and Obverse of the 5 Euro Cupro-nickel coin presented against a background representation of a Red Tailed Bumblebee.
Titled the “Wonderful World of Insects,” the Coin Series will feature the "Big Four", which encompasses beetles, dipterans (flies and mosquitoes), hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants), and butterflies, of which 80% of all known insects belong to.
Insects have lived and evolved on Earth since the first dinosaurs around 480 million years ago.
They owe their great biodiversity to co-evolution with flowering plants, more than 75 percent of which are pollinated by insects.
Insects inhabit all terrestrial and freshwater habitats except the open oceans and perform important functions in all ecosystems.
Many insects are considered pests by humans, especially in urban habitats but, in truth, humans also owe their existence to the many species of insects, especially those whose function is to pollenate countless plants and sources of agriculture.
The native insect world is not only an indispensable part of the fauna in Germany - but this is also true for all of Europe and, of course, the rest of the world.
The Ninth coin in this fascinating Numismatic Series entitled “Wonderful World of Insects,” has been released which highlights the great biodiversity of the many insects we share our varied environments with.
Titled the “Wonderful World of Insects,” the Coin Series will feature the "Big Four", which encompasses beetles, dipterans (flies and mosquitoes), hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants), and butterflies, of which 80% of all known insects belong to.
Insects have lived and evolved on Earth since the first dinosaurs around 480 million years ago.
They owe their great biodiversity to co-evolution with flowering plants, more than 75 percent of which are pollinated by insects.
Insects inhabit all terrestrial and freshwater habitats except the open oceans and perform important functions in all ecosystems.
Many insects are considered pests by humans, especially in urban habitats but, in truth, humans also owe their existence to the many species of insects, especially those whose function is to pollenate countless plants and sources of agriculture.
The native insect world is not only an indispensable part of the fauna in Germany - but this is also true for all of Europe and, of course, the rest of the world.
The Ninth coin in this fascinating Numismatic Series entitled “Wonderful World of Insects,” has been released which highlights the great biodiversity of the many insects we share our varied environments with.
Description Coin: ROCK BUMBLEBEE:
The importance of the rock bumblebee for the ecosystem is also illustrated by the coin motif by the artist Patrick Niesel from Röthenbach a. d. Pegnitz out.
It shows a female rock bumblebee, easily recognizable by its velvety black body and the red end of the abdomen.
She sits on an abstracted flower, surrounded by stylized and composed hints of other plant flowers.
The value side is identical for all coins in the series.
The design, designed by artist Andre Witting from Berlin, impresses with a dignified yet dynamic depiction of the federal eagle.
Background information:
It shapes the final motif of the series "Wonder World of Insects", which honours the fact that insects are an important part of our natural heritage and an indispensable part of functioning ecosystems.
The rock bumblebee gets its name because it prefers to build its nests under piles of stones or on walls. Its velvety black body has a reddish-brown tip on its abdomen.
This is just as easy to recognize as its bushy fur, which often earns it the nickname “Teddy of the Skies” and protects it, above all, against the cold.
She also has the ability to disengage her wings and warm up by shaking her flight muscles.
The Stone Bumblebee can therefore be active at very low temperatures; rain, hail or snow doesn't bother it much.
The small colony of a Stone Bumblebee consists of a queen and up to 300 workers and drones.
She “works” 18 hours a day, flying to around 1,000 different flowers during this time and collecting 12 times more nectar than a honey bee.
Like all bumblebee species, it produces honey only for its own needs, but as a pollinator of wild and crop plants it is invaluable - and particularly effective: thanks to its long tongue, it can also reach deep flowers.
Thanks to its “stinky feet”, it leaves behind a very unique smell that signals to its fellow flowers that a flower has already been pollinated.
The Coin:
Digital printing is applied to the design, which includes vivid colours to highlight the design.
The Obverse of the 5 Euro Cupro-nickel (CuNi) Coin which is common for all Coins in the Series, features a stylised Eagle in the centre with the name of the issuing country - "BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" placed directly above along the edge.
The denomination "5 EURO" is just under the name of the issuing country.
Also incorporated into the design are twelve stars below the eagle, which represent the European Union, and are arranged along the lower edge.
The mintmark "J" is seen between the second and third star representing the Hamburg Mint, and the year of issue "2024" is seen between the ninth and tenth star.
The incused inscription on the edge of the coin reads "WONDERWELT INSECTEN" (“Wonderful World of Insects”).
The remaining coin will be released, in 2024, and will include nine coins in all:
The schedule is as follows:
Steinhummel (4th Quarter 2024)
The specifications of the Cupro-nickel Coin are:
Country of issue: Federal Republic of Germany ("Bundesrepublik Deutschland"); Date/Year of issue: 10.09.2024; Coin Series Theme: "Wunderwelt Insekten" (Wonderful World of Insects"); Denominational value: 5 Euro; Coin Theme: "(Rock Bumblebee Steinhummel"); Mint: Hamburg Mint; Mint Mark: "J"; Metal Composition: Cupro-nickel (CuNi); Diameter/Size: 27.25 mm; Weight: 9.68 mm; Coin Quality: Proof-like/Mint (with applied colour), Gloss; Mintage: 100,000 pieces; Designers: Partick Niesel, Andre Witting, Berlin (value side).
A Coin Album:
A high-quality and elegantly designed Souvenir Coin Album is available as a separate purchase and is an ideal way to store each of the five Euro coloured coins from the “Wonderful World of Insects” Series.
It offers space for all the coins and also includes an informative reference and text narrative in which all further information and interesting facts about the insects in the series can be found with their selected motifs and profiles.
The nine encapsulated coins in the series can be easily inserted in and out of the album.
The booklet in the folder reveals, among other things, why insects are so important for us humans, how we can protect them, but also interesting facts such as which of the insects migrates like migratory birds in late summer to the south and much more worth knowing.
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ii) Lady Bug Beetles: A set of four Commemorative stamps brought out by India Post on 23.02.2017
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