2016 AD., Germany, Federal Republic, 200th anniversary of Ernst Litfass commemorative, Munich mint, 20 Euro.
Germany, Federal Republic, 200th birth anniversary of Ernst Litfass commemorative, engraver: Susanne Jünger, Munich mint, 2016 AD., issued 07. July 2016,
20 Euro (ø 32,5 mm / 18,07 g), 0.925 silver, 18,00 g theor. mint weight, mintageca. 800.000 , axes medal alignment ↑↑, plain, immerged lettered edge,
Obv.: BUNDESREPUBLIK / DEUTSCHLAND / EURO 20 - 2016 / SILBER 925 - D , state, value, date, silver content and mint mark around German national emblem eagle, 12 stars above and below eagle.
Rev.: 200. GEBURTSTAG ERNST LITFASS / SJ , a man standing left of Litfass´cylindrical advertising column, engraver´s initials to left.
Edge: plain with incuse inscription "RUNDUM INFORMIERT RUNDUM INFORMIERT ♦ " (translated: "IN THE KNOW IN THE KNOW ♦ ").
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German coins of the later Federal Republic are produced at five different mints, coins from each of them can be identified by their mintmarks, A = Berlin, D = Munich, F = Stuttgart, G = Karlsruhe, J = Hamburg.
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2016 D ca. 800.000
2016 D ca. 175.000 (proof issue)
Ernst Amandus Theodor Litfaß (or Litfass; German pronunciation: (11 February 1816 – 27 December 1874) was a German printer and publisher. He invented the free-standing cylindrical advertising column which bears his name in German (Litfaßsäule).
In 1854 Litfaß proposed putting up columns in the streets of Berlin for announcement and advertising purposes. Allegedly, he was disgusted by the unsystematic and ubiquitous posting of pamphlets, notices and other materials on walls, doors, fences and trees. In December that year he was granted permission to erect such Annoncier-Säulen columns, and on 1 July 1855 the first 100 Litfaß-Säulen were presented in Berlin.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Litfaß