20 schilling AUSTRIA (1991-1993) Franz Grillparzer

20 schilling 1991-1993 Franz Grillparzer - Austrian coins

Edge of 20 schilling 1991-1993 Franz Grillparzer - 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:

on the left a bust of Austrian writer facing right; in the background the facade of Burgtheater in Vienna; along the top edge: BURGTHEATER WIEN (Court Theatre Vienna); along the bottom edge: F. GRILLPARZER

edge:

plain with nineteen concave disks (in years 1991-1992) / plain (in 1993)

issue date:

15 I 1991

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Kurt Bodlak, Alfred Zierler (signature A.ZIERLER on writer's collar on the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1991	463 000
1992	100 000
1993	180 000

varieties:

1993 - plain edge

interesting facts:

Entire year 1993 was struck with a plain edge.

This coin commemorates 200th anniversary of birth of Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) - playwright from Vienna. Below a lithography of Franz Grillparzer and a photo of Burgtheater (Court Theatre) facade.

last update: 7 X 2012

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