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10-euro commemorative coin ‘IAAF World Championships in athletics Berlin 2009’ (pdn) with the first German 10-euro silver coin of the year arrives a novelty in the strictly regulated selection process of the Federal Ministry of finance. Because for the first time the coin collectors were directly involved in the brainstorming. With success: On April 9, 2009 one of the most beautiful sports coins issued in Germany will be released! Ideation, design and design choices for the new German 10 euro silver coin in honor of this year’s World Championships in Berlin took place in a multi-stage process in which the collector had the first word. The German coins magazine had circulation international journal for old and new numismatics”his readers in a questionnaire encouraged to reveal their implementation requirements for the Athletics coin. According to Editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Erzinger, the questionnaire in close cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) was elaborated. As examples, five were in addition already published, international athletics coins shown: the response has been overwhelming, the many returns show the great interest of German collectors on their coins. Many had sent in addition to the replies also own sketches and designs!” “Coin expert Erzinger summarizes the evaluation of the survey: A Javelin thrower before the World Cup logo or the Olympic Stadium in Berlin the whole thing in a slightly abstracted, more lifelike presentation the most common desire of collectors was short.” The detailed analysis of the survey was passed to the participating artists with the invitation to tender for the coins competition.

Affiliated banks implemented according to the Ministry of Finance of the Berlin coin designer Bodo best the requirements within the meaning of the collector. The jury seemed very impressed; in the explanatory statement that reads like: the unpathetische and natural appearance of the athlete is beneficial. This also applies to the representation of the recently redesigned Stadium roof, representing the current time as the image of the female athlete.” Total convince the successful mix of the Javelin thrower in the Center, the background of the dynamic swing of the stadium and the inscription. Also the value of page with a similarly worthy Eagle”liked the BMF jury. Seen in retrospect the concept once a basisdemokratisches say to concede and the collector will then by artistic hand of the core target group to be turned, was so full. Marc Lasry describes an additional similar source. Still, given that the Federal Government for the first time drastically has set down the rest of the 10-euro silver commemorative coins in the highest quality mirror finish with this coin, the Yankees could be the new Athletics-World Cup coin in the spirit of the subject. Spezifikationenen: Commemorative coin Germany 2009: Silver (925 / 1000), 10 euro, weight 18 g, o 32.