2019 Germania 1 oz Silver BU WMF 2020 edition
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION:
- Series:
- Year: 2019
- Grade: BU
- Denomination: 5 mark
- Mint mark: Germania Mint
- Metal content 1 oz
- Purity 999.9 Ag
- Diameter 38.61 mm
- Mintage 500 pcs
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Package: Capsule, Certificate of Authenticity, Blisterpack
Obverse: Personification of Germania
Reverse: Effigy of Germania Mint
The 49th edition of the World Money Fair in 2020 is approaching. Once again, the biggest mints and numismatic companies from all over the world will visit Berlin. Germania Mint will also participate in this event.
During this event you will be able to buy coins in special edition packages.
Apart from the WMF logo, each special package will be numbered. The 2020 WMF edition has been limited to 500 pcs.
“Germania” is the Latin term for Germany, from which the name “Germany” is used in English language today. Due to the connection with patriotic feelings, this word was present mainly in German literature and poetry. In ancient times the area inhabited by Germans east of the Rhine and north of the Danube rivers was called Germania. At that time its first personifications on coins and reliefs appeared, depicting a brave woman – the guardian of the nation.
Obverse
Germania as a personification presents a beautiful woman with long, flowing hair, dressed in a wind-blown dress, with a victory symbolizing laurel wreath on her head. The Amazon wields an imperial sword (Reichsschwert) and a medieval shield with the image of a two-headed eagle, which is also the main motif of the coin’s reverse.
Reverse
The two-headed eagle is a symbol appearing in Roman mythology associated with Janus – the god of all origins, guardian of doors, gates, passages and bridges, the patron of allied agreements and arrangements. Heads facing the opposite symbolize the past and the future. The lightning bolts held in the claws of an eagle are a divine attribute, symbolizing strength and the power of creation and destruction.