Hi Stackers,
The Euro 2024 soccer championship finals will be held in Germany and they start in a week from now!
The tournament is held every 4 years and in between you have the qualifying rounds. Yes we hava a lot of Euro countries. I believe Russia is no longer allowed to take part in any way (for good reasons).
But back to the topic.
The German Muenze designed a commerative EURO coin for the tournament:
And in between all the coins I showed here previously from Italy and Perth Mint this is not a looker at all. Yes they did hire an artist called Detlef Behr from Köln but all he came up with was a fussball (soccer ball), a pitch and 4 corner flags. The other side is teh official Eagle (Adler) so here he could not do much!
Well it is just a coin (11 EURO as in 11 players per team) and the tournament itself is more important. But next time they should ask Porsche to do the design!
And will have to pick another team to cheer for. Maybe the Dutch team? Or Scotland maybe ?
I am in Spain next weeks!
Goldrooster