20 schilling AUSTRIA (1997) St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna

20 schilling 1997 St. Stephen's Cathedral - 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: 1997 divided by a shield in colours of Austrian flag; along the top edge: REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH (Republic of Austria)

reverse:

in the coin centre St. Stephen's cathedral in Vienna; above in two lines two dates: 1147 / 1997; along the top edge: 850 JAHRE DOM ZU ST. STEPHAN (850 years of St. Stephen's cathedral)

edge:

plain

issue date:

26 II 1997

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Kurt Bodlak, Thomas Pesendorfer (initials TP on the bottom of the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1997

700 000

interesting facts:

This coin commemorates 850 years of St. Stephen's cathedral (Stephansdom). The cathedral is one of the symbols of Vienna. It was placed also on Austrian coin of 10 euro cents.

St. Stephen's cathedral and obverse of Austrian 10 euro cents

St. Stephen's cathedral and obverse of Austrian 10 euro cents

photo of Cathedral: NonScolae; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 7 X 2012

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