50 schilling AUSTRIA (1998) Austrian EU Presidency

50 schilling 1998 EU Presidency - Austrian coins

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
26.5 mm	8.15 g	2.1 mm	Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂ / CuNi - Ni plated

obverse:

in the coin centre face value: 50 surrounded by nine Coats of Arms of states forming Austria; along the bottom edge:: SCHILLING; along the top edge: • REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH • (Republic of Austria)

reverse:

in the coin centre a facade of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, lower a logo of Austrian EU presidency; along the edge: EU PRÄSIDENTSCHAFT ÖSTERREICH (EU presidency Austria) and year of issue: 1998

edge:

plain

issue date:

5 V 1998

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Herbert Wähner, Thomas Pesendorfer

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1998

1 200 000

interesting facts:

The Hofburg Palace in Vienna - a palace of Austrian rulers until 1918. Today an official residence of the president of Austria.

Hofburg

photo: Politikaner; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

An emblem of the Austrian presidency in European Union which took place in 1998.

last update: 7 X 2012

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