2015 AD., Germany, 200th anniversary birthday of Bismarck commemorative, Berlin mint, 10 Euro, KM ?.
Germany, Federal Republic, 200th anniversary birthday of Otto von Bismarck commemorative, engraver: Michael Otto, Berlin mint ("A"), 2015 AD., issue date: 26 March 2015,
10 Euro (32,5 mm / 13,97 g), copper-nickel (CuNi25), 14,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage 1.200.000 , medal alignment ↑↑, plain, incuse lettered edge,
Obv.: BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 2015 / A / 10 / EURO , issuer, date, mint mark and value in fields around German national emblem eagle, 12 stars of Europe below, mint mark "A" to left.
Rev.: 200. GEBURTSTAG OTTO VON BISMARCK / 1815- / 1898 / {mO} , his bust facing, dates to r., engraver´s monogram at r. shoulder.
Edge: plain with incuse inscription "DIE POLITIK IST DIE LEHRE VOM MÖGLICHEN · " ("politics is a science of the possible").
KM ? .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
2015 / A / 1.200.000
(plus a similar proof issue made of 0.625 silver)
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890. In the 1860s he engineered a series of wars that unified the German states (excluding Austria) into a powerful German Empire under Prussian leadership. With that accomplished by 1871 he skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to preserve German hegemony in a Europe which, despite many disputes and war scares, remained at peace. For historian Eric Hobsbawm, it was Bismarck, who "remained undisputed world champion at the game of multilateral diplomatic chess for almost twenty years after 1871, [and] devoted himself exclusively, and successfully, to maintaining peace between the powers.
more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck