Germany - proof silver (0.925) 10 marks in the original sealed mint packet - 1998-J. Hildegard von Bingen. 32.5mm, 15.5 grams (0.925 silver). Hamburg mint. KM# 193.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath. She is considered to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.