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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1085246, member: 39&quot;]Not &quot;circa&quot; but precisely 2000. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That coin was issued to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of Charlemagne&#039;s coronation (he became emperor in 800) and the construction of the <u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral" rel="nofollow">cathedral in Aachen</a></u> which started roughly at that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you see is a scene from the <u><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsschrein" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsschrein" rel="nofollow">Charlemagne Shrine</a></u> (made in the early 13c) that shows the emperor (left) who dedicates the cathedral (center) to Jesus and Mary (right). This is the part of the shrine that is depicted on the coin: <a href="http://www.ica-d.de/srv/chr/pic/ca085a.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ica-d.de/srv/chr/pic/ca085a.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ica-d.de/srv/chr/pic/ca085a.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That coin was designed by Erich Ott. Edge inscription is URBS AQUENSIS · URBS REGALIS. That means something like &quot;City of Aachen, City of the King&quot; and refers to a <u><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbs_Aquensis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbs_Aquensis" rel="nofollow">poem about Charlemagne</a></u> and Aachen which was his main residence.</p><p><br /></p><p>The regular version was issued at face (Germany still does that today) and had a mintage of 3 million, mint mark &quot;G&quot; for Karlruhe. The PP version was issued by all five mints (A, D, F, G, J), mintage 160,000 each. Neither should be expensive; over here you pay roughly face value for the regular version and about €10 for the proof(like) version.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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