The German government has decided to mint a €2 commemorative coin entitled “35 years of German unity” scheduled to be issued on 25 September 2025. This year marks the 35th anniversary of German reunification. On 3 October 1990, the Basic Law fulfilled its mandate to the German people by bringing Germany’s unity and freedom full circle.

The coin marks the start of a series entitled “Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit” (“Unity and justice and freedom”). As the series continues, one €2 commemorative coin honouring politicians whose actions particularly shaped the history of the Federal Republic of Germany will be issued each year.

The national side shows a typographical composition, with one line of text on each side, the words inscribed one below the other: On the left side, shifted slightly off-centre and right aligned, are the words “WIR SIND EIN VOLK” (“We are one people”). The words “35 JAHRE DEUTSCHE EINHEIT” (“35 years of German unity”) appear left-aligned on the right-hand side. Both blocks of text are offset in opposite directions from the horizontal centre of the coin and are contained within horizontal lines at the top and bottom. The text is connected via a slightly enlarged letter D shared by the words “sind” and “Deutschland”. The two offset but united blocks of text represent Germans in the East and West who have been united for 35 years. Despite the seemingly simple composition of the coin, it evokes many associations – such as the broken lines suggesting an opening in a wall.

The inner part of the coin features the initials of the artist – Thomas Serres from Hattingen (TS) – at the top, above the minting mark of the respective mint (A, D, F, G or J). The year of issue (2025) is displayed at the bottom, below the country identifier for the issuing country (D for Germany). The coin’s outer ring shows the 12 stars of the European flag.

The European side is the common reverse side of the regular issue €2 coin in circulation since 2007, depicting a map of Europe without national borders. The technical parameters of the coin are the same as those of any regular issue €2 coin.

As on standard German €2 coins, the edge of the commemorative issue bears the inscription: “EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT” (UNITY AND JUSTICE AND FREEDOM) and a stylised Federal eagle.

Up to 30 million of the coins are to be minted for circulation. The coin is legal tender throughout the euro area.

The mint condition coins were successively put into circulation by the branches of the Deutsche Bundesbank as part of the normal cash requirements of banks and retailers at their face value (€2).