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Description
The German Federal Republic’s Ministry of Finance and Munze Deutschland have launched a series which focuses on the great biodiversity of insects we share the planet with. Entitled the “Wonderful World of Insects,” the 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.
The series released within a two-year period beginning in 2022 and ending in 2024 and include nine coins in total.
Issue date: June 13, 2024
Obverse
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Depicts a stylized heraldic eagle - Germany’s national symbol. The state name and the denomination above. Twelve stars representing the European Union, the mintmark between the second and third star and the year of issue between the ninth and tenth star below. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND |
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Reverse
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Depicts a hoverfly approaching a flower and about to land on it, surrounded by the inscription "Green Bush-cricket” below, with the engraver's initials on the right. A. |
| Edge |
Incused inscription “Wonderful World of Insects” WUNDERWELT INSEKTEN |
Characteristics
| Type | Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating) |
| Material | Cupronickel |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 27.25 mm |
| Thickness | - |
| Shape |
round
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| Alignment | Medal |
| Mint |
State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg / Stuttgart (SMBW/F)
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