The State Mints of Baden-Württemberg’s minting presses have been in action for more than 25 years. Time for a renewal of the machine park, thought Germany's largest minting company, which has now ordered a total of four new systems from the Schuler Group. Three of them will be delivered to the Stuttgart location, another on to Karlsruhe.
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.
The Stuttgart-based mint received a celebrity visit on Wednesday 21 August 2019: gymnast and Olympic Games winner Fabian Hambüchen came to the mint press to stamp the winners’ medal for the upcoming Gymnastics World Cup. The event is to take place this October in Stuttgart and it has already been tipped as “one of the best gymnastics world cups of…
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…
The IACA Excellence in Currency 2017 Coin Awards were conferred during The Coin Conference in Warsaw on October 24, 2017. The State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Bavarian State Mint were awarded the prize for Best Coin Innovation for their coin featuring a polymer ring. Every two years, the International Association of Currency Affairs bestows the distinguished IACA Excellence in…
In mid-December, the Finance Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg Edith Sitzmann minted the first five-euro coin of the new series ‘Climate zones of the Earth’ in Karlsruhe. Subsequently, we had the opportunity to talk to her about the innovation of the new polymer coin as well as the special role of the mints in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The five-euro coin with its polymer ring,…
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…
The Federal Ministry of Finance is planning to release a five-part series of 5 euro collector coins with a coloured polymer ring. The new series, entitled "Climate Zones of the Earth", follows concerning its topic the first innovative 5 euro collector coin "Planet Earth" (a global innovation with its blue polymer ring), which was released in April 2016. The series…
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…
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