1973 F GERMANY 2 DEUTSCHE MARK Konrad Adenauer

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Features

Issuer	Federal Republic of Germany
Ruling authority	Federal Republic (1949-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1969-1987
Value	2 Deutsche Mark (2 DEM)
Currency	Deutsche Mark (1948-2001)
Composition	Copper-nickel clad nickel (Cladding: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel; Core: 100% Nickel)
Weight	7 g
Diameter	26.75 mm
Thickness	1.79 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	31 December 2001
Number	N# 844
References	KM# 124, J# 406, Schön# 124

Commemorative issue

20 years of Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany

Obverse

Portrait of Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), the first German chancellor from 1949 to 1963 and a key player in rebuilding the France-Germany relationship and creating the European community with the dates representing the 20th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany

Script: Latin

Lettering:
·BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND·
1949 1969

Translation:
Federal Republic of Germany
1949 1969

Engraver: Reinhart Heinsdorff

Reverse

An eagle facing left, emblem of Germany and the mintmark below the left claw

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
1978
G
2 DEUTSCHE MARK

Translation:
Federal Republic of Germany
1978
G
2 Deutsche Mark

Engraver: Reinhart Heinsdorff

Edge

Smooth with the inscription of the German motto

There are two variants for the edge text:
1. text readable with obverse face up
2. text readable upside down

Lettering: EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT

Translation: Unity and Justice and Freedom

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