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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2744290, member: 39&quot;]Those &quot;quadriga&quot; medals are made and sold by the Berlin Mint, one of the five mints in Germany that also make coins. One side always shows the Quadriga from the Brandenburg Gate; the other side has the oak leaves, either with the words &quot;Einigkeit Recht Freiheit&quot; or with some issue specific inscription. They also make Panda medals, designed bars, etc. Now when it comes to medals, an &quot;official&quot; mint is not better or worse than any other issuer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not collect those, but once in a while I may get one if it has a special &quot;background&quot; for me. For example, I have been to Stolberg, ST twice and visited the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mint,_Stolberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Mint,_Stolberg" rel="nofollow">Old Mint</a> there too. That used to be a working mint and is now a <a href="http://www.tourismus-suedharz.de/kultur/museum-alte-münze/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tourismus-suedharz.de/kultur/museum-alte-münze/" rel="nofollow">museum</a>, but from time to time they still mint medals there, using old tools.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once a year the new annual medal is presented and made there. The 2011 medal showed the <a href="http://www.mz-web.de/sangerhausen/mansfeld-suedharz-medaillenwuensche-aus-wismar-und-duesseldorf-7507360" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mz-web.de/sangerhausen/mansfeld-suedharz-medaillenwuensche-aus-wismar-und-duesseldorf-7507360" rel="nofollow">torn CoA</a> of Stolberg. Huh? Well, the place had just become part of the town of Südharz - and many Stolbergers did not like that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That medal I just had to buy ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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