Designer of two silver coins of the 1999 yılı Euro Serie. Both of 4.000.000 TL nominal value; Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and the Bosphorus (Boğaziçi; which was also struck in gold in 2000 with a 50.000.000 TL face value)
Coins were released in accordance with the agreement between the Turkish State Mint and the German MDM firm.
Other coins of the 1999 Euro Serie:
- Dolmabahce Palace, 3.000.000 TL, 1998
- Galata Tower, 3.000.000 TL, 1998 Esin Özkul(*1)
- Saint of Myra; Santa Claus, 1.500.000 TL, 1997 Hakkı Baha Çavuşgil
- Living Legend Troy, 500.000 TL, 1999 David Cornell
- Galata Tower (gold), 50.000.000 TL, 2001 Waldemar Wronski
- Seafront Mansions of the Bosphorus, 10.000.000 TL, 2001 Waldemar Wronski
- Saint of Myra; Santa Claus,(gold), 10.000.000 TL, 2000 Hakkı Baha Çavuşgil
[1] Golden coin of 2000, bearing the same design is listed as a handiwork of Waldemar Wronski.
The artist was born in Bulgaria in 1953 (in Cyrillic “Снежана Русева – Хойер”), went to East Berlin to study graphic design in the 70’ies and married Heinz Hoyer.
They won the design competition of 1997 for the German Euro coins. Their design of the Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) is used on the 1 and 2 Euro coins in circulation since 2002.
They work on designs of stamps, coins and medals.
https://www.muenzenundmedaillen.de/designer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneschana_Russewa-Hoyer
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