2025 Germany €2 UNC Coin Issue - Federal States II: Saarschleife in Saarland

• Mint: All 5 German mints
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: Uncirculated
• Issue limit: 30 million pcs.
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design: Carsten Wolff/Luc Luycx
• Box/Capsule: No/No
• Certificate: No

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This third release in the new, annual German Federal States II series features Saarschleife in Saarland.

The Saar Loop - often referred to as “Germany's most beautiful river loop” - is one of the most famous tourist and scenic motifs in the Saarland. The most popular view is from the cliffs of Cloef, 180 m above the turning point of the river. From there, the view opens up to the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park - and even as far as the Vosges Mountains on a clear day. The narrowing of the Saarschleife valley is due to a special geographical feature: the river emerges from the red sandstone of the Merzig basin into a section of hard quartzite rock. Rock faces and small gorges form the banks. The mountain spur around which the Saar flows is approx. 4 km long and rises over 300 m into the sky at its highest point. The area around the Saar loop is largely covered with natural forest. Many tourist attractions have been created around the Cloef viewpoint, including an 800-metre treetop trail with a 42-metre-high observation tower.

The design is reduced to the essential elements of the meandering course of the river. The wooded hilly landscape that surrounds the river at this point is condensed into a landscape-forming course. The bird's eye view, which takes up the iconographic view of the Saar loop, embeds the waterway in hilltops that disappear into the distance..

The German Federal States II series consists of a total of 16 different €2 coins, each one showing a unique building or architectural or natural element specific to the respective state. The series began in 2023 and a new coin will be minted each year, in order of the rotating presidency of the Bundesrat (the upper house of the German parliament).