The five-part series of €5 collector coins with a coloured polymer ring, entitled “Climate zones of the Earth”, is thematically linked to the first innovative €5 collector coin “Planet Earth” (a global premiere with its blue polymer ring), which was issued in April 2016.

The series began in 2017 with a “Tropical climate zone” coin and concludes in 2021 with the “Polar climate zone”. The polymer rings will be assigned colours according to the climatic conditions prevailing in the individual zones, based on the temperature colour scale: from hot (red) to cold (violet). Thus, a translucent red polymer ring has been selected for the “Tropical climate zone” coin which will be issued in 2017. Each of the five mints in Germany will mint the coin with a polymer ring in a different shade of red. The coin will have a total circulation of 2.3 million, 300,000 of which will be in collector quality with a proof-like finish.

The first coin in the new series was issued in spring 2017. The mint condition coins are brought into circulation via the Bundesbank branches at a face value of €5. The version with a proof-like finish are available at a price above the face value at the Münze Deutschland.

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