The Bavarian State Mint, one of the 5 German mints, along with Berlin, Hamburg, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart is behind this beautiful coin. Currently 21% of the new coins in circulation in Germany are minted here. The State Mint has issued the African Wildlife series since 1999 and started with the Zambian Elephants. In 2004, the Zambia Elephant was rebranded as the Somalia Elephant