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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 302921, member: 39"]The "Bank Deutscher Länder" was the Bundesbank's predecessor. Since that coin was made before the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in May 1949, it has that bank's name instead of the country name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The woman depicted is Gerda Jo Werner, the wife of the artist Richard M. Werner who designed the 50 pfennig piece. The Federal Republic's 50 pf coin had the same design. The oak tree and twigs are symbols often found on German coins, including the current 1, 2 and 5 cent pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The kneeling woman was a symbol of how the country was (to be) rebuilt, or can be seen as planting a new Germany. The designer Richard Werner died at the age of 46, after he had won the design contest - he got 1500 marks for his design which at that time was quite a lot of money - but before "his" coins were actually issued.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once it became public (some time in the 1980s) that the model had been the designer's wife, Gerda Werner was invited to various talk shows and interviewed by newspapers and magazines - and she even took part in a euro "starter kit" presentation in 2001. She died in August 2004, at the age of 89.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, in 1950 the Karlsruhe mint (G) accidentally made about 30,000 of those with the old "Bank Deutscher Länder" inscription instead of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland". Those are quite expensive - between 300 and 1000 euro depending on the grade. But the 1949 piece is fairly common indeed; until late 2001 it could still be found in circulation ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 302921, member: 39"]The "Bank Deutscher Länder" was the Bundesbank's predecessor. Since that coin was made before the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in May 1949, it has that bank's name instead of the country name. The woman depicted is Gerda Jo Werner, the wife of the artist Richard M. Werner who designed the 50 pfennig piece. The Federal Republic's 50 pf coin had the same design. The oak tree and twigs are symbols often found on German coins, including the current 1, 2 and 5 cent pieces. The kneeling woman was a symbol of how the country was (to be) rebuilt, or can be seen as planting a new Germany. The designer Richard Werner died at the age of 46, after he had won the design contest - he got 1500 marks for his design which at that time was quite a lot of money - but before "his" coins were actually issued. Once it became public (some time in the 1980s) that the model had been the designer's wife, Gerda Werner was invited to various talk shows and interviewed by newspapers and magazines - and she even took part in a euro "starter kit" presentation in 2001. She died in August 2004, at the age of 89. By the way, in 1950 the Karlsruhe mint (G) accidentally made about 30,000 of those with the old "Bank Deutscher Länder" inscription instead of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland". Those are quite expensive - between 300 and 1000 euro depending on the grade. But the 1949 piece is fairly common indeed; until late 2001 it could still be found in circulation ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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