2 euro AUSTRIA (from 2008)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
25.75 mm	8.5 g	2.22 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅/Cu₇₅Zn₂₀Ni₅

obverse:

bust of Bertha von Suttner facing left; on the left in two lines face value: 2 / EURO; below Austrian flag; along the right edge year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

left from the centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription a map of Europe; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

edge:

reeded with concave inscription: edge 2 euro

issue date:

1 I 2008

withdrawal date:

still in circulation

designer:

Josef Kaiser, Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO on the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

2008	2 600 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets
2010	17 000 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets
2011	27 900 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets
2012	21 200 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets
2013	10 100 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets
2014	20 100 000	+ 50 000 in boxed sets

interesting facts:

Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) Austrian writer, journalist and pacifist. The first woman to be awarded Peace Nobel Prize (1905).

last update: 9 VII 2015

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