Gold coin Old pictures postcards - Berlin proof

Gold coin Old pictures postcards - Berlin proof

Stock state
January 2025
Date of issue
January 2025
Mintage
500 pcs
Estimated price
66.00 EUR
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Product description

Gold mini coins of the Czech Mint set in replicas of period postcards have commemorated Czech and Slovak landmarks so far. However, the situation has changed. This issue was dedicated to Berlin on the occasion of the World Money Fair 2025, which is the largest numismatic event on the planet.

Berlin's most famous landmark is a sandstone building built in the early classical style which boasts 15-metre-high columns and a 5-metre-high statue of a four-horse team. The Brandenburg Gate was built in 1734 as a customs office in the city's fortifications and witnessed events that oppressed the whole Germany in the following centuries. It was Napoleon's trophy during the French occupation of Berlin in 1806. In the revolutionary year of 1848, it served as part of the barricades for the German rebels. The Nazis celebrated their seizure of power here in 1933. The gate was damaged by the Red Army in 1945. In the Cold War era, it stood in an inaccessible border zone and became a symbol of the division of the world into East and West. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it became a symbol of the reunification of Berlin, Germany and the whole of Europe. Today, few visitors to the German capital miss the iconic structure between Berlin's two main streets, 17. června and Pod Lipami...

The reverse side of the coin, which is the work of the medal maker Petr Patka, DiS., is dominated by the facade of the Brandenburg Gate, supplemented with the inscription BERLIN. As the coins of the Czech Mint are issued with a foreign licence from the island of Niue, the obverse side bears the name and portrait of King Charles III, the nominal value of 2 DOLLARS (NZD) and the year of issue 2024.

The replica of the historical postcard in which the coin is set presents another Berlin landmark - the monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I of Prussia. Unlike the Brandenburg Gate, it did not survive the tumultuous events of the 20th century. It was destroyed by the East German government in 1950.

It is an officially licensed souvenir of the Berlin World Money Fair 2025.

Specifications

Code
76783-611
Issuer
Niue
Nominal value
2 NZD
Author of the obverse
Petr Patka, DiS.
Author of the reverse
Petr Patka, DiS.
Numbered issue
No
Certificate
None
Material
Gold
Fineness
999,9
Weight
0.5 g
Diameter
11 mm
Packaging
Blister
Capsule
Yes
Czech Mint
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