20 schilling AUSTRIA (1983-1993) Hochosterwitz Castle

20 schilling 1983-1993 Hochosterwitz Castle - Austrian coins

Edge of 20 schilling 1983-1993 Hochosterwitz Castle - Austrian coins

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.7 mm	8.0 g	1.9 mm	Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂

obverse:

in the coin centre inside a square with rounded corners in two lines face value: 20 / SCHILLING; below year of issue divided by a shield in colours of Austrian flag; along the top edge: REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH (Republic of Austria)

reverse:

view to the mountain with Hochosterwitz Castle; below in two lines: KÄRNTEN (Carinthia) and year of issue; next to it a shield from Carinthia's Coat of Arms; along the top edge: BURG HOCHOSTERWITZ (Hochosterwitz Castle)

edge:

plain with nineteen concave disks / plain in year 1993

issue date:

15 III 1983

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Kurt Bodlak (signature BODLAK in the rock right from Carinthia's Coat of Arms on the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1983	1 002 000
1991	100 000
1992	100 000
1993	180 000

interesting facts:

Entire year 1993 was struck with a plain edge.

Hochosterwitz Castle (German: Burg Hochosterwitz) - medevial castle in Austrian Carinthia State built on a 175-metre high dolomite rock. Below a photo of the castle and a shield from Carinthia's Coat of Arms.

last update: 7 X 2012

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