2 oz Silver Germania Beasts Gullinbursti 2025 (Mintage: 999 | High Relief | Partially Gold-Plated)
- Nordic Myth: the golden boar
- Noble Effects: chameleon and UV effect
- With Certificate: individually numbered
- Nordic MythRune on the tusk and colorful Celtic ornaments
- Noble EffectsRuthenium gives the silver a noble depth effect
- With CertificateCertificate of authenticity and acrylic stand with wooden base
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Strike · 2 ounces fine silver
A few pages that survived.
Gullinbursti 2025, 2 ounces of fine silver, design side
The boar stands in high relief on a dark field, its bristles gilded, its eye red. Gullinbursti is a name from Snorri’s Edda.
The names in our week
Three names we say every week.
Thursday, Friday and Wednesday still carry names from this world of gods. In German, Donnerstag and Freitag do too, formed on the model of the Roman week, but Mittwoch has lost its old name.
- ThursdayThorThe day of Thor, whose name is the Germanic word for thunder. In German it is Donnerstag, the day of Donar, translated from the Latin day of Jupiter.
- FridayFriggThe day of the goddess Frija, called Frigg in the North, modelled on the Latin day of Venus. Her name is in Friday and in the German Freitag.
- WednesdayOdinWednesday kept the older name, the day of Wodan, called Odin in the North, as did the Dutch woensdag and the Swedish onsdag. In German it gave way to Mittwoch, the middle of the week, a name created by the Church.
Merseburg · 10th century
Two charms, not found until 1841.
In the 10th century, two charms were written in an Old High German dialect on the front of a leaf. The manuscript is held in the cathedral chapter library in Merseburg.
In 1841 the historian Georg Waitz found the lines in the library of the cathedral chapter, and the following year Jacob Grimm called the manuscript a “treasure”.
According to the cathedral chapter, they are the only pagan incantations preserved in Germany and the only known Old High German record that shows figures of this world of gods in action: Wodan, Balder, Friia, Volla, Sunna, Phol and Sinhtgunt.
“Phol ende Uuodan uuorun zi holza.” Phol and Wodan made their way into the wood.
Iceland · around 1220
A textbook for young poets.
Around 1220 the Icelander Snorri Sturluson, 1179 to 1241, wrote his Edda. According to Britannica, it was meant to teach young poets the difficult metres and to make the old material understandable to a Christian age.
Two of its parts are called Gylfaginning, “The Beguiling of Gylfi”, and Skáldskaparmál, “The Language of Poetry”. For his account of the gods, Snorri cites poems that also appear in the Codex Regius.
Codex Regius · 45 leaves
A book on which the poems depend.
A parchment book from the late 13th century, its scribe unknown. According to the Árni Magnússon Institute, it is the oldest and most important surviving collection of Eddic poems, and most of the poems exist nowhere else but here and in copies of it.
At the front stand the poems about the gods, headed by the Völuspá. Nothing is known of the book’s path until 1643, when Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson wrote his initials and the year into it; eight leaves were already missing.
In 1662 the bishop sent the book to King Frederick III in Copenhagen. It stayed there for more than three centuries.
The third place
Where each figure has come down to us.
- GullinburstiThe boar is a figure from Snorri’s Edda.
- ThorThe National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen holds a soapstone casting mould from Trendgården in North Jutland, from the second half of the 10th century, with cross and hammer in a single mould.
- OdinOdin, Wodan, Woden and Wotan are names of one god. In Merseburg he is called Uuodan, and the Codex Regius puts the Hávamál in his mouth.
- FriggOn the page in Merseburg her name appears as Friia.
- LokiAccording to Britannica, the medieval sources attest no cult of Loki, and his name appears in no place name. Most of what is known about him comes from the texts.
- The three NornsThey are the three Norns of the Völuspá, the poem that opens the Codex Regius.
- SleipnirTradition knows him as Odin’s horse with eight legs.
- FenrirA figure in the poetry of Norway and Iceland in the 10th and 11th centuries.
- Bödvar BjarkiHe is known from Danish tradition and from an Icelandic saga.
- The Viking AgeMost of the poems about the gods were probably composed in the last centuries before Christianity. After that they lived on by word of mouth until they were written down.
Under the loupe
Golden bristles, red eye.
The bristles are gilded, the eye glows red. The back shows the hindquarters with interlace patterns in iridescent colours.
HeadThe red eye and the bristles
Enlarged from the pictures in our gallery.
The craft
How this strike is made.
Struck by the Germania Mint. The value side names no state, only GERMANIA and the stated value 10 Mark.
- High Relief
- The design rises considerably higher from the field than usual and casts its own shadows.
- Partial gilding
- The boar’s bristles are gilded and stand out against the dark field.
To scale
Small and large, in true proportion.
From the gold bar of 1/100 ounce to two ounces of silver, side by side to scale. The piece on this page is marked.
Click an available piece to open its page.
1/100 ounceGold, 15.14 × 8.63 mmGold15.14 × 8.63 mm
1 ounceGold, 38.6 mmGold38.6 mm
1 ounceSilver, 40 mmSilver40 mm
2 ouncesSilver, 45 mmSilver45 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Silver strike
- Metal
- Silver
- Motif
- Gullinbursti, the boar
- Weight
- 2 ounces fine silver
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Stated value
- 10 Mark
- Diameter
- 45 mm
- Year
- 2025
- Relief
- High Relief
- Embellishment
- partially gilded
- Mintage
- 999 pieces
- Mint
- Germania Mint
- Packaging
- Acrylic display stand with certificate
Reykjavík · 21 April 1971
On 21 April 1971 the Danish naval ship “Vædderen” docked in Reykjavík. The harbour was crowded as naval officers carried ashore three parcels in brown paper, with the Codex Regius and the Flateyjarbók inside.
The books are back in Iceland and are kept in Reykjavík today. We say the names every week.
“Has the whole population ever gathered with enthusiasm to receive two books?”
Germania Beasts Gullinbursti 2025 - A Mythological Masterpiece Coin in Silver
- Strictly limited rarity: Only 999 numbered pieces worldwide
- Special feature: High Relief minting with elaborate partial gilding and UV effect
- Design: Majestic boar Gullinbursti from Norse mythology
- Material: 2 ounces of purest silver (fineness 999.9/1,000)
- Collector's value: Exclusive collector's coin with high value appreciation potential
- Mint: Renowned Germania Mint from Poland
- Finishing: Ruthenium coating, chameleon effect and artistic colorization
The collector's coin Gullinbursti from the popular Germania Beasts series presents itself as a true masterpiece of the art of coin minting. As the third issue following Fafnir and Fenrir, it depicts the legendary boar from Norse mythology in a breathtaking Ultra Double High Relief minting.
Unique design with state-of-the-art minting technology
The obverse of the coin is dominated by the imposing head of the boar. Its gilded bristles shimmer like sun rays, while the tusk, adorned with a magical rune, symbolizes its supernatural power. The reverse reveals the muscular body of the mythical creature, artistically decorated with Celtic ornaments in iridescent colors. In the background, the characteristic double-headed eagle of the Germania Mint keeps watch.
"A masterpiece of the art of coin minting that redefines the boundaries of what is technically possible."
Exclusive collector's edition with value appreciation potential
With a strictly limited mintage of only 999 pieces worldwide, this coin is predestined for ambitious collectors. Each piece is delivered in an elegant acrylic glass display stand with a wooden base and comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. The combination of the low mintage, the elaborate finishing techniques and the popular design promises an extraordinary collector's item with considerable value appreciation potential.
- Elaborate finishing techniques:
- Partial gilding of the bristles and details
- Ruthenium coating for an elegant depth effect
- UV effect and chameleon effect
- Artistic colorization of the ornaments
This exclusive silver coin combines the highest minting craftsmanship with fascinating Norse mythology. The strict limitation to 999 pieces makes it a highly sought-after collector's item, perfectly suited for building or expanding a high-quality coin collection.
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