20 schilling AUSTRIA (1985-1993) 200 Years of Diocese of Linz

20 schilling 1985-1993 Linz - 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:

two shields with Coat of Arms of Upper Austria and Diocese of Linz; in the background gothic window frame; along the top edge: • 200 JAHRE DIÖZESE LINZ • OBERÖSTERREICH • (200 years of Diocese of Linz • Upper Austria); along the bottom edge: 1785-1985

edge:

plain with nineteen concave disks (in years 1985-1992) / plain (in 1993)

issue date:

19 III 1985

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Kurt Bodlak, Josef Fösleitner

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1985	814 000
1991	100 000
1992	100 000
1993	180 000

interesting facts:

Entire year 1993 was struck with a plain edge.

This coin commemorates 200th anniversary of establishing Roman-Catholic diocese of Linz in Upper Austria. Below the Coat of Arms of Upper Austria and the one of Diocese of Linz.

Coat of Arms of Upper Austria and the one of Diocese of Linz

last update: 7 X 2012

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