The air was thick with anticipation in Stuttgart – not only the gymnasts, but the spectators in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Hall could hardly contain their excitement too. The fate of the first medal in this year’s gymnastics world championship was about to be decided. The team at the State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg wasn’t prepared to let this moment of truth slip…
Seven companies from Baden-Württemberg worked closely together to develop the winners’ medals for this year's Gymnastics World Cup in Stuttgart. A challenging project that could only be achieved through great cooperation. And it proved to be a roaring success.
On 8 December 2017, Assistant Undersecretary Walter Leibold has struck the very first 5-euro collector coin “Subtropical Climate Zone”. He thus set the wheels in motion for the production of the second issue of the “Climate Zones of the Earth” coin series. All coins in the series are equipped with a polymer ring between the ring and the core, which…
On Monday 12 December in Karlsruhe, Finance Minister Edith Sitzmann minted the first 5 euro coin “Tropical Zone”. The coin has a translucent red polymer ring and is the first of five coins forming the series “Climate Zones of the Earth” released by the Federal Ministry of Finance. “I am pleased to begin the minting of the 5 euro “Tropical…
On Wednesday 26 October, Finance Minister Edith Sitzmann presented the latest art medal from the series "Inventors from Baden-Wuerttemberg" in Waiblingen, together with the Head of the State Mint of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Peter Huber. The art medal is dedicated to Andreas Stihl, “Father of the Chainsaw”. “Our intention behind the art medal series "Inventors from Baden-Wuerttemberg" is to honour people in…
Exactly ten years after the historic city of Regensburg with Stadtamhof was included in the World Heritage list, Baden-Wuerttemberg’s Finance Minister Edith Sitzmann minted the first 100 euro gold coin featuring the historic city of Regensburg as motif on Wednesday (13 July 2016). The coin is part of a series of gold coins, on which UNESCO World Heritage sites located…
Ministry Director Guido Rebstock: “Baden-Wuerttemberg has a tradition of innovativeness, which has made us such an economically productive state.” On Thursday (25 February 2016), Ministry Director Guido Rebstock and Mint Master Peter Huber presented the latest art medal from the "Inventors from Baden-Wuerttemberg” series in a ceremony at Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG in Winnenden. The medal is dedicated…
In the presence of Peter Huber, head of the State Mint of Baden-Wuerttemberg, State Secretary Peter Hofelich officially executed the first strike of the innovative 5 euro “Planet Earth” coin with its polymer ring on Thursday (11 February 2016). Adding a translucent polymer ring to the coin makes it a world first for the coin industry. “Today we do not…