Coin catalog › Coins (Theme: Directors, Year: 1973)

10 Mark (75th Birth anniversary of poet Eugen Bertolt Brecht)

Country:

Germany, Democratic Republic (DDR)

Series:

1966~1990 - Silver Commemorative 10 Mark

Catalog codes:

ColnectScrp

Themes:

Anniversaries and Jubilees | Coats of Arms | Directors | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Playwrights | Theatre

Issued on:

1973

Last issue date:

1973

Distribution:

Numismatic Product

Mints:

Berlin State Mint (Staatliche Münzen Berlin), Berlin, Germany (A Mint Mark)

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

None. Both sides

Weight:

17 grams

Diameter:

31 mm

Face value:

10 M - East German mark

Known mintage:

100,000

Composition Details:

625/1000 Silver .3416 oz. ASW, 375/1000 copper625/1000 Silver .3416 oz. ASW, 375/1000 copper

Score:

90% Accuracy: Medium

Description:

Front: 3rd Coat of arms (1955-1990) above (thick value) 10
legend: (state name) DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK
(lower-left, year) 1973
(lower-right, currency) MARK
Back: Head German playwright Eugen Bertolt Brecht
(left, 1898-1956)
* 10 February 1898, Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire
⚭1 (1922) Marianne Zoff (1893-1984, 1 daughter:
Marianne ⚮IX.1927)
⚭2 (1930) Helene Weigel (1900-1971, 2 children)
† heart attack, 14 August 1956 (aged 58) East Berlin, East Germany
burried: Dorotheenstädtischer cemetery on Chausseestraße
Berlin + (Helene Weigel)
legend: (above, name) BERTOLT BRECHT
(below, life years) 1898 - 1956
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text:
10 MARK * 10 MARK * 10 MARK * 10 MARK *

Formerly known as: y42

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