2014 AD., Germany, 250th birthday of Johann Gottfried Schadow commemorative, Berlin mint, 10 Euro.
Germany, Federal Republic, 250th birthday of Johann Gottfried Schadow commemorative, engraver: Bodo Broschat, Berlin mint ("A"), 2014 AD., issue date: May 2014,
10 Euro (32,5 mm / 14,18 g), copper-nickel (CuNi25), 14,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage ? , medal alignment ↑↑, plain, immerged lettered edge,
Obv.: A / BUNDESREPUBLIK / DEUTSCHLAND 2014 / 10 EURO, mint mark, date and value below German national emblem eagle, 12 stars of Europe in semicircle above, mint mark "A" in right field below wing.
Rev.: {BRA..} / JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHADOW / 1764-1850 , his bust facing, some of his main sculptures around, engraver´s monogram in upper field left.
Edge: plain with immerged inscription "LUST HABEN WIR KÃœNSTLER NUR ZU UNSERER ARBEIT" (translation: "artists are only in the mood for their own works").
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Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2014 / A / ?
(plus a similar proof issue made of 16 g. 0.625 silver)
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.
Johann Gottfried Schadow (20 May 1764 – 27 January 1850) was a German sculptor. Schadow was born in Berlin, where his father was a poor tailor. His first teacher was the sculptor Tassaert, patronized by Frederick the Great; the master offered his daughter in marriage, but the pupil preferred to elope with a girl to Vienna, and the father-in-law not only condoned the offence but furnished money wherewith to visit Italy. Three years' study in Rome formed his style, and in 1788 he returned to Berlin to succeed Tassaert as sculptor to the court and secretary to the Academy. Over half a century he produced upwards of two hundred works, varied in style as in subjects.
The sculpture of the quadriga on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was produced by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793.