20 schilling AUSTRIA (1996) Anton Bruckner

20 schilling 1996 Anton Bruckner - 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: 1996 divided by a shield in colours of Austrian flag; along the top edge: REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH (Republic of Austria)

reverse:

in the coin centre bust of Austrian composer facing slightly right; below dates: 1824-1896; on the left vertically in two columns: ANTON BRUCKNER; on the right pipes of the Bruckner's Organs

edge:

plain

issue date:

28 II 1996

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Kurt Bodlak, Christa Reiter (signature C.REITER below the Bruckner's Organs on the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1996

1 500 000

interesting facts:

This coin commemorates 100th anniversary of death of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896).

The Bruckner's Organs - favourite organs of Anton Bruckner in St. Florian Abbey in his birth town Ansfelden . The composer died in Vienna, but his body was moved into the crypt next to these organs.

Banknote with face value 1000 Schilling from 1954 with a bust of Anton Bruckner.

Austrian banknote with face value 1000 Schilling from 1954

last update: 7 X 2012

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