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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1750836, member: 39&quot;]Right ... almost. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Those are &quot;founding fathers&quot; or other important statesmen of the Federal Republic of Germany. From left to right: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Erhard" rel="nofollow">Ludwig Erhard</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer" rel="nofollow">Konrad Adenauer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Schumacher" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Schumacher" rel="nofollow">Kurt Schumacher</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Strauss" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Strauss" rel="nofollow">Franz-Josef Strauß</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Erhard and Strauß were ... hmm, vertically challenged. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Adenauer was the first chancellor (head of government) of this country. When he was first elected, he was already 73, and Adenauer was 87 when Erhard followed him as a chancellor. Schumacher spent about ten years of his life in nazi prisons and concentration camps - and that did certain not just affect his &quot;looks&quot;. He was the leader of the SPD and fought many decisions that Adenauer&#039;s CDU made, but Schumacher also opposed any plans to merge the Social Democrats and the Communists. In that regard he contributed to the fundaments of the country too.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Adenauer coin was the first one in that series (minted 1969-87), then came Theodor Heuss (first president, minted 1970-87), then Schumacher (1979-93), Erhard (1988-96*), Strauß (1990-96*) and Willy Brandt (first SPD chancellor, minted 1994-96*). Those are circulating commems so to say - the occasion is always mentioned on the portrait side.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(* These three were also minted, for proof and BU sets only, between 1997 and 2001.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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