50 schilling AUSTRIA (1998) Konrad Lorenz

50 schilling 1998 Konrad Lorenz - 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:

a bust of Austrian ornithologist facing right; on his right three grey geese; below in two lines two dates: 1973 / 1998; along the edge: • 25 JAHRE NOBELPREIS KONRAD LORENZ • (25 years of the Nobel Prize for Konrad Lorenz)

edge:

plain

issue date:

14 X 1998

withdrawal date:

28 II 2002

designer:

Herbert Wähner, Thomas Pesendorfer (initials TP on Lorenz' right shoulder on the reverse)

mint:

Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint), Vienna

mintage:

1998

1 200 000

interesting facts:

Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) - Austrian zoologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize winner in medicine and physiology in 1973. Geese shown on the coin were his favourite object of studies.

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

last update: 7 X 2012

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