5 groschen AUSTRIA (1948-1994)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
19.0 mm	2.5 g	1.6 mm	Zn

obverse:

in the coin centre eagle - Austrian Coat of Arms; along the top edge: • REPUBLIK • (Republic); along the bottom edge: ÖSTERREICH (of Austria)

reverse:

in the coin centre large face value: 5, below year of issue; along the top edge: • GROSCHEN •; along the bottom edge floral ornament of five edelweiss flowers (Leontopodium alpinum)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

17 VI 1948

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Michael Povolny; Adolf Hofmann

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1948	17 269 000
1950	19 426 431
1951	12 454 569
1953	14 931 000
1955	12 288 000
1957	26 809 000
1961	3 429 000
1962	5 999 000
1963	13 293 000
1964	4 659 000
1965	13 293 000
1966	9 348 000
1967	4 404 000
1968	31 418 400
1972	10 979 000
1973	10 336 000
1974	2 911 000
1975	7 102 000
1976	8 079 000
1977	1 600 000
1978	2 657 000
1979	4 927 000
1980	3 100 000
1981	450 000
1982	3 950 000
1983	501 000
1984	988 000
1985	1 914 000
1986	100 800
1987	1 458 000
1988	1 261 000
1989	2 604 000
1990	2 608 000
1991	2 400 000
1982	671 000

interesting facts:

In years 1993-1994 this type of coins was struck in short series for yearly boxed sets only.

last update: 7 X 2012

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