2004 AD., Germany, Federal Republic, FiFA 2006 Soccer World Cup commemorative, Hamburg mint, 10 Euro, KM 229.

Germany, Federal Republic, FIFA 2006 World Cup commemorative, engravers: Erich Ott (obv.) and Lucia Maria Hardegen (reverse), 2004 AD., Hamburg mint, issued 05/Feb./2004 AD.,
10 Euro (ø 32,5 mm / 17,95 g), 0.925 silver, 18,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage 4.400.000 (in total), axes medal alignment ↑↑, plain, immerged lettered edge,
Obv.: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 2004 / 10 EURO , issuer and value in an outer circle around German national emblem eagle, 12 stars of Europe in a second cirle between.
Rev.: - FIFA FUSSBALL - WELTMEISTERSCHAFT DEUTSCHLAND 2006 , a globe showing Africa at center surrounded by a soccer ball on an orbit circle.
Edge: plain with immerged inscription " DIE WELT ZU GAST BEI FREUNDEN A · D · F · G · J ", fifth (the last) letter "E" has the short center bar. The mint is determined by which letter "E" in the edge inscription has a short center bar. If the first letter "E" has the short center bar the coin is from the Berlin mint. Second "E"= Munich, third "E"=Stuttgart, fourth "E"=Karlsruhe, fifth "E"=Hamburg.
KM 229 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2004 A 80,000 Berlin mint (proof issue)
2004 A 800,000
2004 D 80,000 Munich mint (proof issue)
2004 D 800,000
2004 F 80,000 Stuttgart mint (proof issue)
2004 F 800,000
2004 G 80,000 Karlsruhe mint (proof issue)
2004 G 800,000
2004 J 80,000 Hamburg mint (proof issue)
2004 J 800,000

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament.
Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title. They defeated France 5–3 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish third.