2018 AD., Germany, Federal Republic, 800th anniversary Hanseatic city of Rostock commemorative, Hamburg mint, 20 Euro.
Germany, Federal Republic, 800th anniversary Hanseatic city of Rostock commemorative, engraver: Anne Karen Hentschel, Hamburg mint, 2018 AD.,
20 Euro (ø 32,5 mm / 18,00 g), 0.925 silver, 18,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage ? , axis medal alignment ↑↑, plain, incuse lettered edge,
Obv.: 20 EURO / J / SILBER 925 / BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 2018 , issuer, date, mint mark, silver content and value around German coat of arms (eagle), 12 stars in a circle around.
Rev.: {AH} / 800 JAHRE HANSESTADT ROSTOCK , aerial view across the medieval Hanseatic city of Rostock to the open sea, to which the city owes its history and international involvement. The city appears inviting with the landmarks Petrikirche, Kröpeliner Tor, Steintor and Rathaus. Dynamic lines rising from the city mark the horizon, the bird's flight and the important shipping and trade routes for Rostock, engraver´s {AH} -monogram in left field.
Edge: plain with incuse inscription “SIT INTRA TE CONCORDIA ET PUBLICA FELICITAS“ (translated: "In your walls there is harmony and public well-being") - the Latin inscription of the Rostock Steintor (a 16th century city gate).
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Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2018 / J / ?
2018 / J / ? (proof)
Rostock is the largest city in the north German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Rostock is on the Warnow river; the district of Warnemünde 12 kilometres (7 miles) north of the city centre is directly on the Baltic Sea coast.
In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc (*ras-tokÅ, Slavic for "fork of a river"); the name Rostock is derived from that designation. In 1218, Rostock was granted Lübeck law city rights by Heinrich Borwin, prince of Mecklenburg. In 1251, the city became a member of the Hanseatic League. Rostock is home to one of the oldest universities in the world, the University of Rostock, founded in 1419.
The city territory of Rostock stretches for about 20 km (12 mi) along the Warnow to the Baltic Sea.